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Photo of the Day | April 29 | Journey Towards Nafakhum, by Riasat Rakin

L&C Team — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:36:38 +0000

A group of travelers going towards Nafakhum falls situated in Remakri, Bandarban. I was lucky enough to part of this adventurous journey. I tried to capture the foggy atmosphere of the morning, which gave this place a mystic look. Yes, this is Bandarbans, the beautiful hill tracks of Bangladesh, and the stream you see is coming from nafakhum, and ends here at the remakirkhum.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 500D | Exposure 1/100sec @ f/5.6 | Focal Length 55mm | ISO 800
Title of the photograph: Journey Towards Nafakhum
Photo of the Day Award Category: Black & White Photography
Photograph Location: Bandarbans | Bangladesh

Photographer: Riasat Rakin (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Riasat Rakin started photography around the end of 2010. From then it had been a wonderful journey for him. Landscapes and lifestyles are his favorite types of photography. The beauty of Bangladesh and the versatile lifestyle of the people always inspire him to take his camera out and capture its moments.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59411852@N03/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riasat.rakin

Photo of the Day | April 26 | Cute Little Green Bee Eater, by Shahnaz Parvin

L&C Team — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:32:27 +0000

The little green bee eater usually seats in field where it may finds some bees. This shot was taken from a mustard field, where it seat long time. Like other bee-eaters, this species is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is about 9 inches (16–18 cm) long with about 2 inches made up by the elongated central tail-feathers.

Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 255mm | Exposure: f/5.6 at 1/200sec | ISO 100
Title of the photograph: Cute Little Green Bee Eater
Photo of the Day Award Category: Wildlife Photography
Photograph Location: Dhamrai, Savar | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin is a Bangali, who lives in Bangladesh. She is currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

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Photo of the Day | April 23 | The Paperboy, by Shahnaz Parvin

L&C Team — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:01:03 +0000

This photograph was taken from Kamlapur railway station when this paperboy was with his customer. Most of paperboys at the railway station do their job on behalf of some newsstands. They came from several area, mostly outside of the capital Dhaka, and return home after finished their job.
Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 55mm | Exposure: f/4 at 1/60sec | ISO 400
Title of the photograph: The Paperboy
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Dhaka | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
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Photo of the Day | April 20 | The Thrill, by Riasat Rakin

L&C Team — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:12:56 +0000

I was part of an adventure group going towards Nafakhum, one of the many beautiful waterfalls situated in Bandarban, Bangladesh. Due to heavy current, we had to leave the boat and walk by the shores quite a few times. During one of those times, three of the most adventurous among us Ratul, Apu, and Ifty couldn’t resist the appeal to take a dip in the river even with the risk of being washed away by the current. The thrill of adventure always beats the risks of it. And you know when you are young, you are always searching for such thrills and risks, because it is this that gives the soul a complete sense of liberation.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 500D | Exposure 1/25sec @ f/5.6 | Focal Length 55mm | ISO 400
Title of the photograph: The Thrill
Photo of the Day Award Category: Adventure Photography
Photograph Location: Bandarbans | Bangladesh

Photo of the Day | March 29 | Time is An Empty Road, by Doyeedt Annahaal

L&C Team — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:05:00 +0000

I have taken this photo near a village to my city. I often used to go there for a calm and peaceful time. And there was this half done bridge where I found the old man. He was coming towards me from the opposite direction and the whole situation comes to me, as Time is an empty road.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 7D | 1/500sec @ f/5.6 | 135mm | ISO-100
Title of the photograph: Time is An Empty Road
Photo of the Day Award Category: Street Photography
Photograph Location: Uttara, Vaturia, Dhaka | Bangladesh
Photographer: Doyeedt Annahaal (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Doyeedt Annahaal is a freelance photographer. He joined flickr at 2007, and since then he is clicking though he still is not well off to buy a camera. He used to
shoot lending camera from his friends. Doyeedt is a poet, songwriter and by profession, he is an art director in an advertising agency. For him photography is beyond passion, more like breathing space. He loves to shoot mostly the happiness of life and the in-depth philosophy of living.
Jimbo Page: http://doyeedtannahaal.jimdo.com/
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Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/#!/Doyeedt

Photo of the Day | March 10 | When Experiment becomes Interesting…, by Tanmoy Saha

L&C Team — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:22:03 +0000

Like every other passionate photographers, often I go for some kind of experiments. This time it was with water and capsicum. To some people, this photograph is just an experiment; to some this photograph portrays the purity and freshness of an object in water. So, to the viewers of this photograph, I keep it open for you all…

Technical Info: Canon EOS 60D and Canon 50mm, f/1.8 EF lens | Exposure: 1/200s, f/11.0 | ISO: 200 | Focal Length: 50mm | Metering mode: Spot
Title of the photograph: When Experiment becomes Interesting…
Photo of the Day Award Category: Motion Photography
Photograph Location: Dhaka | Bangladesh
Photographer: Tanmoy Saha Turja (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Tonmoy Saha started photography on September 2007. His favorite sectors of photography are portraits, landscapes and wild life. He has completed a basic photography course from Dhaka University Photogrpahy Society (DUPS) and foundation photography course from Pathshala.
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/turjas
Facebook: www.facebook.com/turjas

Photo of the Day | March 06 | Safe Landing, by Shahnaz Parvin

L&C Team — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:48:46 +0000

I captured this photograph from Patenga, Chittagong. Once you are in Chittagong, you are suggested to take a tour to Patenga to find the beauty.The Patenga and Fouzdarhat Sea Beaches are Chittagong, which is about 22 kilometer from the main city.
Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 123mm | Exposure: f/22 at 1/30s | ISO 100
Title of the photograph: Safe Landing
Photo of the Day Award Category: Black & White Photography
Photograph Location: Chittagong | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd

Photo of the Day | February 21 | Alphabet of Sun (রৌদ্রাক্ষর), by Shahnaz Parvin

L&C Team — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:51:29 +0000

They are the alphabet of sun, the giver of light of our nation. They are the alphabet of our language for which millions gave their lives. They are carrying the evidence of our right to write, our epic story of rise of our nation. They are the alphabet of our language Bangla. Our children from this land of Bengal got their first lesson form their mothers to write these alphabets.

In the year 1948, the Governor General of Pakistan Mohammed Ali Jinnah came to Dhaka of the then East Pakistan, and decleared Urdu to be the only official language for both West and East Pakistan. From that very moment, people of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), having Bangla as the mother language started protesting against this.

On 21 February 1952, students called in for a provincial strike, but the government invoked a limited curfew to prevent this and the protests were tamed down so as to not break the curfew. All the people wanted were the right to talk in their own language, the language of their motherland. On the contrary, the Pakistani police fired on the students despite these peaceful protests and Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abul Barkat, Abdul Jabbar and many were killed.

Bangladesh got independence in 16 December 1971, following a nine month long liberation war where 3 million people were killed in the hand of Pakistani army, one of the biggest genocides in the history that was ever recorded. And November 1999, UNESCO’s declaration of 21st February as the International Mother Language Day has brought fresh glory and prestige to Bangladesh which is making significant strides towards peace, progress and prosperity around the world.

Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 30mm | Exposure: f/1.4 @ 1/1250s | ISO 200
Title of the photograph: Alphabet of Sun (রৌদ্রাক্ষর)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Artistic Photography
Photograph Location: Dhaka | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd

Photo of the Day | February 21 | My Bangla Alphabet, by Shahnaz Parvin

L&C Team — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:32 +0000

These are the few of the characters of Bangla. However, the right to speak and write in Bangla had to be earned in a very unprecedented way. The epic story of rise of a nation that they are not afraid to die to protect their language

Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 30mm | Exposure: f/3.5mm, Shutter Speed: 1/100s | ISO 400
Title of the photograph: My Bangla Alphabet
Photo of the Day Award Category: Still Life Photography
Photograph Location: Dhaka | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001548214861
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd

Photo of the Day | February 16 | Fisher Boys, by Shahnaz Parvin

L&C Team — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:10:54 +0000

Bangladesh is a country with hundreds of rivers and ponds and is notable for being a fish-loving nation, acquiring the name “Machh-e Bhat-e Bangali” which means, “Bengali by fish and rice”. Hilsha fish is the national fish of the country where it contributes 13% of country’s total fish production. Fish are collected both from natural resources and by farming in self-made ponds. In this photo two boys after the rainy season trying to catch a fish with hand, amazing, isn’t it?

Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length:74mm | Exposure: f/5.6 at 1/2000s | ISO- 400
Title of the photograph: Fisher Boys
Photo of the Day Award Category: Black & White Photography
Photograph Location: Narayanganj | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001548214861
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd