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This is something we do every morning as long as the weather is good. Shizandra loves to play ball and we love to get out and play with her.
Kolkata /koʊlˈkɑːtɑː/, formerly Calcutta /kælˈkʌtə/, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port as well as its sole major riverine port. As of 2011, the city had 4.5 million residents; the urban agglomeration, which comprises the city and its suburbs, was home to approximately 14.1 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. As of 2008, its economic output as measured by gross domestic product ranked third among South Asian cities, behind Mumbai and Delhi. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Kolkata confronts substantial urban pollution, traffic congestion, poverty, overpopulation, and other logistic and socioeconomic problems.
In the late 17th century, the three villages that predated Kolkata were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by the Company into an increasingly fortified mercantile base. Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Kolkata in 1756 after company started evading taxes and due to increasing militarization of the fort, the East India Company retook it in the following year and in 1793 assumed full sovereignty after Mughal governorship (Nizamat) was abolished. Under East India Company and later under the British Raj, Kolkata served as the capital of India until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages, combined with growing nationalism in Bengal, led to a shift of the capital to New Delhi. The city was the centre of the Indian independence movement; it remains a hotbed of contemporary state politics. Following Indian independence in 1947, Kolkata—which was once the centre of modern Indian education, science, culture, and politics—witnessed several decades of relative economic stagnation. Since the early 2000s, an economic rejuvenation has led to accelerated growth.
As a nucleus of the 19th- and early 20th-century Bengal Renaissance and a religiously and ethnically diverse centre of culture in Bengal and India, Kolkata has established local traditions in drama, art, film, theatre, and literature that have gained wide audiences. Many people from Kolkata—among them several Nobel laureates—have contributed to the arts, the sciences, and other areas, while Kolkata culture features idiosyncrasies that include distinctively close-knit neighbourhoods (paras) and freestyle intellectual exchanges (adda). West Bengal's share of the Bengali film industry is based in the city, which also hosts venerable cultural institutions of national importance, such as the Academy of Fine Arts, the Victoria Memorial, the Asiatic Society, the Indian Museum and the National Library of India. Among scientific and technical institutions, Kolkata hosts the Agri Horticultural Society of India, the Geological Survey of India, the Botanical Survey of India, the Indian Science Congress Association, the Zoological Survey of India, the Institution of Engineers and the Anthropological Survey of India. Though home to major cricketing venues and franchises, Kolkata differs from other Indian cities by giving importance to association football and other sports.
A person walks a small dog along a dirt path surrounded by vegetation in the residential landscape of Kfar Vradim, northern Israel. The scene combines natural greenery with nearby architecture, reflecting everyday life in a Galilean village environment.
These are some words from a book (so obviously the routine is the reading) through two lenses. One on the camera (Helios 44M at f/2) and the other one (Jupiter 37A at f/3.5) on a shelf. The black thing at the bottom is the case of the Jupiter which I left there on the picture to keep it kinda realistic.
The scene was lit with a strong bicycle lamp, softened with a white sheet.
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in a city that never pauses, this moment in barcelona feels like a circuit break from the everyday current. surrounded by charger cables, plastic cases, and prepaid promises, a man sits like time doesn’t apply. his gaze is lost in the screen, while outside the glass the city keeps moving. but inside, it’s another rhythm—slower, quieter. the light isn’t from the sun but from backlit displays. the scene is cramped and cluttered, yet it radiates calm. in the capital of speed, there’s still space to drift.
Bhaktapur is a city where time seemed to have stood still. The 2015 earthquake caused extensive damage to the historic structures, including temples and traditional Newari buildings. Even the renowned Bhaktapur Durbar Square, a major tourist attraction, suffered substantial destruction. The lives of the local residents were deeply affected, with loss of life, injuries, and displacement being the tragic outcomes. The cultural and economic facets of the city were also heavily influenced, as tourism played a crucial role in Bhaktapur's income. When we were there in April 2023, we were impressed by the progress that has been made to restore and rebuild all damaged structures. As we ventured through the winding narrow streets that guided us towards the famous square, we were just like in Lalitpur and Kathmandu impressed by the intricate carvings adorning the wooden buildings and the vibrant energy of local life. I tried to capture some candid street shots, freezing fleeting moments in time that revealed the very soul of this extraordinary place – Bhaktapur, Nepal
the groomer works with a calm, practiced ease, his colorful apron catching the soft light while the dark curls of the dog settle beneath his hands. the room glows with gentle turquoise tones, turning this small act of care into a warm fragment of everyday craft and character.
Lately my daily routine has been working for Amazon as a Receiver at the dock in Inbound. Pictured here a Buckeye buck.. Sharpie , box cutter and safety vest. It gets pretty physical on the dock. But I look at like I am being paid to work out. :)
A green tuk-tuk stationary on a Bangkok street at night — driver in a blue shirt, purple cap, back compartment loaded with rolled mats and supplies, registration สม 434. Behind it a hot pot restaurant with international flags strung across the fascia, food display cases lit up, a woman in red sitting at the counter. A fruit and smoothie stall on the right. The full pavement scene of a Bangkok night street, compressed into one frame.
Nobody posed for this. The tuk-tuk just happened to stop in the right spot.
I shot this at 52mm on the Sony Alpha 7 IV with the FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II. f/5.6 to keep the tuk-tuk sharp front to back while the shopfronts behind it stay readable rather than blurring out. 1/320 — fast enough to freeze both the vehicle and the driver cleanly. ISO 12800 in the mixed neon and fluorescent light of a Bangkok night street. At ISO 12800 the A7 IV files are grainy but the colour holds and the shadow detail in the darker areas of the tuk-tuk bodywork is still recoverable. That's what matters when you're shooting handheld at this sensitivity level.
52mm is the right focal length for a scene like this — close enough to the natural perspective of the eye that nothing feels compressed or distorted. The tuk-tuk fills the lower half of the frame, the shopfront fills the upper half, and the wet road in the foreground reflects just enough of the neon to anchor the bottom of the image.
The tuk-tuk is Bangkok's most photographed vehicle and also its most overlooked working one. Tourists photograph them from the outside before getting in. The shot is from street level, at night, when they're just part of the traffic and nobody is paying attention.
📍 Bangkok, Thailand
📷 Sony Alpha 7 IV · FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II · 52mm · f/5.6 · 1/320s · ISO 12800
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Beyond the bustling streets of Siem Reap, life takes on a different rhythm. On Tonlé Sap Lake, homes float, boats serve as daily transport, and the water is both a lifeline and a way of life. A glimpse into the everyday reality of Cambodia, where tradition and resilience go hand in hand.
Tonlé Sap Lake, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Bhaktapur is a city where time seemed to have stood still. The 2015 earthquake caused extensive damage to the historic structures, including temples and traditional Newari buildings. Even the renowned Bhaktapur Durbar Square, a major tourist attraction, suffered substantial destruction. The lives of the local residents were deeply affected, with loss of life, injuries, and displacement being the tragic outcomes. The cultural and economic facets of the city were also heavily influenced, as tourism played a crucial role in Bhaktapur's income. When we were there in April 2023, we were impressed by the progress that has been made to restore and rebuild all damaged structures. As we ventured through the winding narrow streets that guided us towards the famous square, we were just like in Lalitpur and Kathmandu impressed by the intricate carvings adorning the wooden buildings and the vibrant energy of local life. I tried to capture some candid street shots, freezing fleeting moments in time that revealed the very soul of this extraordinary place – Bhaktapur, Nepal
One of my daily routine tasks every winter evening is to put rolled oats to soak in milk for the following morning's breakfast porridge.
Seen here under that rather yellow light of our kitchen.
Siem Reap is the gateway to Angkor, a buzzing hub for travelers and culture lovers. But just beyond the city’s lively streets, another world unfolds. Exploring these outskirts offers a glimpse into local life, where wooden stilt houses, open fields, and dirt roads tell a different story of Cambodia.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
I have been wanting to try some 'splash' photography for a while now and this week's Macro Monday challenge provided the perfect opportunity as my daily routine starts with a bowl of cereals covered in ice-cold milk!
Technical: I poured milk into a 9-inch square, deep-sided dish to a depth of about 1/2 inch. I poured about a glass of milk into a small sandwich bag and suspended the bag above the dish and then poked a small hole into the sandwich bag to begin the stream of drips. My first attempt at poking a hole was a bit of a disaster as I was a tad over-zealous in the 'poking' and managed to push the pin right through the bag thereby creating a hole on both sides, which was also too large, and resulted in two streams of milk pouring onto the kitchen worktop and making quite a mess; luckily Mrs R was out for the afternoon! My second attempt was more 'delicate' and resulted in a single, smaller hole from which the milk dripped rather than poured. These drips were too fast to start with but slowed to a steady (and predictable) rate after a few moments (set up and camera / flash settings inspired by watching a YouTube video featuring Gavin Hoey - very helpful and saved me LOADS of time in wasted effort!). I had my off-camera flash positioned above the dish and bounced onto a white floor tile erected behind the milk dish to back-light and freeze the motion. The flash was set to 1/16 power. Then it was a case of trial and error with a hit-rate of about 1 in 4 keepers. This one I liked because it filled the frame and had some nice contrast and shapes.
Happy Macro Monday, everyone.
From this panoramic view, it's easy to see how Tonlé Sap Lake is more than just water—it’s a lifeline. Boats come and go, people wade through the shallows, and tuk-tuks wait at the riverbank, all part of the daily rhythm of Cambodia’s stilt house villages.
The lake’s ever-changing waters dictate the pace of life here. Whether fishing, trading, or traveling, everything revolves around the rise and fall of this vast freshwater ecosystem. It’s a world where land and water blur, creating a unique way of life found nowhere else.
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Daily life unfolds at the Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where buying fresh bread is part of the constant rhythm of the bazaar. What immediately caught my attention was the young bread seller himself. He was remarkably tall, towering above his customers and standing out even among the crowds. In front of him lies the traditional round Uzbek non bread, while customers make their purchases and people carrying colourful bags move between the stalls. Behind them, the bazaar is buzzing with activity. Small carts weave their way through the crowd and the repeating arches of the market building provide a distinctive backdrop. For me, places like Chorsu are not only about what is being sold. They are places where small encounters, interesting faces and everyday moments reveal something of daily life in Tashkent.
A remarkably tall bread seller and his customers amid the everyday bustle of Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Het dagelijkse leven speelt zich af op de Chorsu Bazaar in Tasjkent, Oezbekistan, waar het kopen van vers brood deel uitmaakt van het voortdurende ritme van de bazaar. Wat mij meteen opviel was de jonge broodverkoper zelf. Hij was opvallend lang en torende boven zijn klanten uit, waardoor hij zelfs tussen alle drukte onmiddellijk mijn aandacht trok. Voor hem ligt het traditionele ronde Oezbeekse non-brood, terwijl klanten hun aankopen doen en mensen met kleurrijke tassen tussen de kramen door lopen. Op de achtergrond bruist de bazaar van het leven. Kleine transportkarretjes zoeken hun weg door de menigte en de herhalende bogen van het marktgebouw vormen een karakteristieke achtergrond. Voor mij gaat een plek als Chorsu niet alleen om wat er wordt verkocht. Juist de kleine ontmoetingen, bijzondere gezichten en alledaagse momenten laten iets zien van het dagelijkse leven in Tasjkent.
Here we go - over the fields and far away !
Early morning routine, when enjoying our Dorset holiday.