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Ashtami - the eighth day of Navaratri Evening Shots at Shiv Mandir Security at the entrance The idol The croud Dhaakis performing Bhog is still being served at 7:30 in the evening Khichuri vessels cleaned and drying out for tomorrow Ambulance for emergencies

Ashtami - the eighth day of Navaratri Morning at Shiv Mandir. Preparations for today's Bhog. The fire wood stack Line of Khichuri pans, already cooked Preparation of vegetables for Labra (mixed vegetable dish) Khichuri Chaatni - sweet and sour, made from tomato, dates and spices Payesh...

Ashtami - the eighth day of Navaratri Morning at Shiv Mandir. Ashtami morning Anjali is a must for all Bengali, and I got dragged by my wife for it. 1. The puja. After the puja, the devotees are given - Prasad, a mix of fruit and sweets. Now a days a lot of packaged products are finding their...

Saptami evening. Yesterday evening we went to Kashmir Gate Puja. This is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) Durga Puja celebration. It is about 20 km from our house. Due to the festival it took us 2 hours, instead of usual 45 min to reach, such was the traffic. Entry. The puja is held in...

Saptami - the seventh day of Navaratri. Morning shots K Block Chittaranjan Park (Public Puja) Pandit at Puja Preparation for Bhog. The cooking starts early as a large number of people (at least 25,000) will eat here. Cooks at work Cooks at work Water set to boil for Khichuri Cooks at...

Saptami - the seventh day of Navaratri. Morning shots Shiv Mandir Chittaranjan Park (Public Puja) 2. The Bhog - the food cooked by the temple and distributed to one an all. Between 50,000 to 125,000 people come for Bhog every day at Shivmandir during the three days. Panorama of the cooking...

Saptami - the seventh day of Navaratri. Morning shots Shiv Mandir Chittaranjan Park (Public Puja) 1. The Mandir The idol Prasad. Fruits given after you finish the Anjali (Morning Puja) Line for Prasad Dhaakis Close up of the Dhaak. The Dhaakis (the traditional drum players) come from...

Yesterday evening. B-126 Chittaranjan Park (private puja) B-385 Chittaranjan Park (private puja) Dhaak, the traditional drum played during Puja. The Dhaaki will be playing the drum and dancing at the same time. I shot an 8 minute video, which I will upload once I process it. Dhaaki Ganesha...

Re: Let's see some stitched panoramas… These are just stitched shots of images taken tonight, nothing fancy. I regularly stitch images for reports, when the view is too wide for the lense. Microsoft ICE is a fantastic program, as long as you want "Reportage" quality and not "Fine Art" quality -...

I did some street shooting once A) Even though I am not a professional photographers, what I can deduce from my shots, is that for professional shoot. . Shoot RAW. You can do a lot of manipulation in PP - NR, WB, Exposure, colours etc. . Isolate the background, Keep the mannequin at least a...

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Night shots from yesterday

Re: Let's see some stitched panoramas… Night ISO 800, Shot today, 3 image stitch

Re: Let's see some stitched panoramas… Stitching using Microsoft ICE software. 6 image 3 image

There are many interpretations of what you call "Super Clean" photos. Here is mine 1. The images should be sharp. For that critical focus is important. At times AF will not do. You have to have the camera on tripod, use live view, zoom it all the way up, and manually focus till you get it...

3. Idols in place. Today is the 5th day. Traditionally the Durga Puja starts on the 6th Day, and the idols are brought on that day. Till the idols are consecrated they are hidden behind a curtain. I was able to reach before they had finished installing, or where they had, take a peep behind the...

2. The Pandals. The Durga Puja celebration is an effort by the locality, every one contributes. There is a Big tent - Pandal, with an area for the Idols, where Puja is done. Then there is usually a stage for performance of cultural programs, lastly there are food stall. Here are a few Pandals...