Backlit flowers

Back to the terrace garden after a while. The twin hibiscus flowers were glowing in the morning sun.

 

Hibiscus flowers

Hibiscus flowers

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

Moonset

Moonset over Jubail, with the rising sun lighting up the early morning sky.

 

Moonset

Moonset

 

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

On the road

Strangely empty roads on a Friday night in Al Khobar. We were en route to Jubail after a visit to IKEA a couple of weeks back.

 

 

NIGHTLIFE

NIGHTLIFE

 

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

Back to the future?

Looks something out of Star Wars! Its a building under construction at Al Khobar in KSA.

 

ARCHITECTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ARCHITECTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

Sunset

Sunset over the vast Arabian desert  while returning from a day trip to Nariyah last February. The small black shapes in the distance are camels.

 

Sunset in the Arabian desert

Sunset in the Arabian desert

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

Sandstorm 2

Sandstorm in the Arabian desert.  The sky had turned yellow with visibility down to a few meters.

 

Sandstorm in the Arabian Desert

Sandstorm in the Arabian Desert

 

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200mm VR

Sandstorm

A camel farm during a sandstorm en route to a preplanned outing to the desert camp today. With sandstorms in full swing, it was a wrong day to venture out. The sky had turned yellow and visibility was down to a few meters.

Sandstorm

Sandstorm

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200mm VR

Indian wedding

Another shot of my distant cousin’s marriage.  The usual people milling around during the wedding ceremony.

 

INDIAN WEDDING

INDIAN WEDDING

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

A different view of a wedding ceremony

A cousin’s marriage at Calcutta on the 15th of February, which after a lot of planning, I managed to attend.

The venue was an early 19th century house. Shot from the 1st floor balcony of the venue, it gives a interesting view of the  ceremony.

Marriage

Marriage

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR | DXO Film Pack 3

Grass flowers

Wild grass flowers at Nahriyah in KSA.
In India, these bloom during the festive season, just after the rains. Here, it is in bloom after the rains in January and early February.

 

Grass flowers

Grass flowers

 

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR