Dhaka dressed-up for ICC World Cup 2011

Night of 16 February 2011
Dhaka City has never dressed like this before. The ICC Cricket World Cup has arrived and it is time to welcome the world! This is just a short documentation of the drive that would take everyone from the airport to the stadium.

The video was done on a Nokia C6 mobile phone; and audio was omitted. I opted not to use any pirated audio to make this better.

spectacles of expectations......

17 February 2011
Dhaka, Bangladesh

the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 goes under way.... in grand style... and yes, it has to be said, it was a very successful opening show... it was spectacular and it contained that flair of hope that we had been looking for so long....

honestly, the starting made me wonder whether we would be able to smile at the end of it.... but the show contained enough spectacles to be considered captivating..... it was a big challenge for the organizers as there were three host counties.... but it was managed well..... and well balanced too, considering that the opening program had to be in one country only.....

the entrance of the captains on rickshaw was a particular show of uniqueness.... I can remember the Barcelona Olympics for the arrow-fired ignition..... the Beijing Olympics would be remembered for that technological showdown.... and I can surely say that this WC opening would be remembered for the rickshaws.....

I was impressed by the video on "Beautiful Bangladesh"..... I really wonder how come it took so long for our leadership to produce something like this, when others are doing this since stone age!!....... musical performances were good with some great names from the subcontinent playing....... the Bryan Adams flick was a particularly pompous show......


Dhaka on fire!!
320mm on D700, f11, 6.0sec ISO100


the acrobatics were not too sophisticated, but the themes were good for their information contained and way of delivery...... the fireworks were also good, especially for the people watching it at the stadium...... overall, the program was a really good one.... at least, the best we have seen on Bangladesh soil..... for a moment, the program was threatened by those political statements, but ultimately common sense prevailed..... the combination of that good and bad were rightly described by my brother..... "it showed where the problems are and how they can be overcome".....

great expectations....... the cup is here..... for the first time..... I would expect a good world cup.... not too much... too much expectations can end up in disappointment..... on the other hand, if performances exceed expectations, everyone would be over the moon.....

two weeks to do a test!!

03 February 2011
Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

for the first time I now have a seamless backdrop that spans 8ft across.... length had never been a problem.... but this continuous width had always eluded me..... and with the poor availability of stuff in here, a simple thing can become precious......

well, its been around two weeks since I've acquired this new white backdrop..... had been busy of late, and also lazy..... its been a while since my last blog post..... my travel blog has suffered the most for sure.... but would surely want to keep this one running..... some desperation is needed to break the jinx.... the push came from within.... and there we go.... some ready subjects...... just had to set up the new backdrop for a test..... actually just unpacked it for the first time!!



set-up....