Ringo (Star)

We got a black labrador pup on the 1st of August (nearly two months after Jeanie’s passing). This time it is a male and we have named him Ringo i.e. Not exactly after the ex Beatle Ringo Star, but some vague film director (Bong of course), who calls himself Ringo and spends evenings judging reality shows.

Some pictures of Ringo (months 1-2).

This is Ringo in mid August 2008, sleeping under the sofa. Photographed with the Nikon D200 with the Nikon 50mm f1.4 lens.

 

 

Early August 2008. This is Ringo with my son’s slippers, which he has managed to wrestle from him. Canon EOS 400D with 18-55 kit lens. Shot on Auto with flash.

 

Ringo on the lap. He – at that point of time – was still recovering from a well pronounced skin rash. Shot with a Fuji Finepix s5700.

Blue eyes… trying to yank a string that had been tied to the gate. Fuji Finepix s5700.

 

Pick me up!!!

This is Ringo trying to get on to my writing table. The stuff on the table was looking invitingly chewable. Fuji Finepix s5700.

 

This is the face immediately after, when he realized that the mouse and the keyboard that he was eyeing was out of reach. Fuji Finepix s5700.

 

I protest !!!!

Shot with the s5700.

You do not need to tie Ringo up… just give him a length of stout string and he will do so himself. Shot with the Fuji s5700.

Corals & Fishes

Finally, after a year of waiting, the friend of mine has added fishes to his reef tank. 

Some photographs . . . of the reef with fishes (the breed is called common clown).

Photgraphed with a Nikon D200 with Nikon 50 f1.4 @ 800 ASA.

 

An Evening Prayer

Evening prayers (Sandhya Arati) at the Nawn-er der Kalibari in North Kolkata.

A lone devotee doing arati 

Nikon D200 18-55mm lens – 1/13s / f5.6 / 1600 ASA hand held

Arati

Nikon D200 18-55mm lens – 1/4s / f5.6 / 1600 ASA hand held

Waiting for Arati

Nikon D200 18-55mm lens – 1/20s / f5.6 / 1600 ASA hand held

The road in front of the temple had been clear as long as I can remember (last 35 years).  The crowd and the shops are a recent phenomenon. The crowd in front of the temple consists of devotees, passersby and the usual line of beggars lining up for alms.

Nikon D200 18-55mm lens – 1/20s / f5.6 / 1600 ASA hand held

Random Flowers

Random pictures with the Nikon D200 & 18-55 lens.

Red leaves

White flower in the morning light

A yellow flower against the sky

Morning glory

Yellow hibiscus

Yellow hibiscus 

Thunderclouds

As if to mirror the events in Singur, the sky turned dark before the squall.

I liked the layering of the light and dark…

Shot with the Nikon D200 and Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II

More Flowers

Still more flowers. Interesting colors. Shot just before a squall hit Calcutta.

Portrait

Vivek Deb Burman in his studio

Nikon D200 with Nikkor 50mm f1.4

1/80 s, 400 ASA

Flowers

Experimental shots of flowers . . . shot with the Nikon D200 and Nikkor 50mm f1.4 lens.

A flower and a leaf

A flower

A hibiscus shot at f1.4

A tuberose stalk. Shot at f1.4

A tuberose stalk. Shot at f1.4. A different view,