Category: Bangladesh


Day 40

FOOTBALL FIELD BEING WATERED to help settle the dust.

PROVATI SANGHA (our football team name) player is getting some pre-game advice.  In this semi-final match we lost with the opponents 2nd goal with several minutes left to play during the injury overtime.

OPEN-BILLED STORK COMING IN for a landing at the Jahangirnagar University Campus.

Day 37

BIRDWATCHER AT JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY

We went to see the winter birds and were pleasantly surprised when we realized they had their Paki Mela (Bird Fair) the same day.

Day 36

WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN seen at Jahangirnagar University.  When I get used to Lightroom3, I may resubmit this photo which I edited in Gimp.

Day 33

OUR OPPONENT KICKS A CORNER KICK, as our player is in the air trying to block it, and the referee looks on.

Day 32

FAISAL,  A TTLer TRYING FOR A GOOD SHOT of the tea estate worker in Moulovibazar.

Day 31

BENGALI BOYS AT FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT anxious to get their faces in front of the lens!

Day 30

MASUM PRACTICING BALL CONTROL before a tournament match.

I ATTENDED A TTL “LIGHTROOM” WORKSHOP, on Saturday pm, from 3-6:30 PM.  The trip over in a CNG cost me $1, and lunch cost me $3.  The workshop cost was $7, which included a nice chicken roll-up and a drink.  It was presented by Jenny and Neerod, a husband and wife time.  They had a nice powerpoint including demonstrations on the program itself.

Here is a photo of the TTLers that in November went to the Hakaluki Haor and Moulovibazar for a two day photo safari. TTL (a Bangladesh “Through the Lens” photo club.  You can check out the club on Flicker or Facebook.

Day 27

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RANDY PETERSHEIM!

(photo below)

ASIF MAKES A SAVE, as Ripon looks on.  In the morning matches Ripon likes to have me as keeper when he is playing defense.

Day 26

MASUM STIRRING UP SOME DUST as he assesses the situation on the football field.  Masum is a friend, as well as a younger brother of my friend, Halim!