Durga Puja 2009


Durga Puja celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh. All of them were captured from Dhakeshwari National Temple on Shoptomi and Oshtami except for the last 3 pictures which were shot from Ashulia on Bijoya Doshomi.

শারদীয় শুভেচ্ছা (by Russell John)

Triyambake (by Russell John)

Maa Durga on Maha Shaptami (by Russell John)

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Hartal, Hartal!


The National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports called a half-day strike on 14th September 2009 in capital Dhaka to protest the government’s recently announced gas exploration deals with international companies. It was first hartal since 2006, and also the first one after the current government came to power early this year.

I was at Paltan the entire morning, and here’s the coverage of the hartal processions, protests, more.

Hartal Coverage: Snap I (by Russell John)

Hartal Coverage: Procession I (by Russell John)

Hartal Coverage: Procession II (by Russell John)

Hartal Coverage: Procession III (by Russell John)

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Crowd Fashion Contest


Crowd Fashion Contest: Snap 3

Crowd Fashion Contest: Snap 8

Crowd Fashion Contest: Snap 16

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Bangladeshi Photographers


Group photo of 15 photographers participating in Aminbazar photowalk. Click on the image for the larger version of the photo.

Bangladeshi Photographers

Canon EOS 450D


I’ve been looking forward to get myself a SLR for over a year now, and I finally got one today! It’s a Canon EOS 450D, the one I wanted to buy since it was released last year. It came with the EF-S 18-55mm IS lens, which is good enough to start with. I also bought an original Canon bag and a Canon vest which has “EOS Professional”. Pretty cool! :)

Here are the basic features of the camera:

  • 12.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor
  • Canon EOS Integrated Cleaning System
  • 3.5 frames per second
  • 3.0″ TFT LCD
  • Live View shooting
  • 9-point wide-area AF system with f/2.8 cross-type center point
  • DIGIC III image processor
  • Fully compatible with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-series Speedlites

To note, this camera is known as “Digital Rebel XSi” in US market, and “Kiss X2 Digital” in Japan.

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Addicted to Flickr


I’ve been using Flickr for one and half year, and right now I’m completely hooked to it. I had a hard time to get rid of my Facebook addiction, but seems like giving up Flickr wouldn’t be easy. But hey, I don’t need to do so, cause it’s helping me to improve my photography skills and acquire more knowledge on photo-taking techniques by seeing the works for renowned photographers from around the world. So yay for me!

Addicted to Flickr

Here’s my account stats:

You can also see my huge list of tags here.

All the photographs on my account are under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license, which means you can legally share, use, and modify them for non-commercial purpose as long as you put my name on the credit line and release them under the same license. If you want to use any of my pictures commercially, or looking forward for the high resolution version, then please get in touch with me.

Long love Flickr!

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