Tag: India

Five-Years Ago (27-February-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 53: Arrival in Cochin (Kochi) India.

Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey on the Laccadive Sea during the morning while approaching Kochi, India: Brahminy Kite, House Crow. My eBird Checklist.


Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey on the Laccadive Sea. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey in the evening while docked at the Cochin Port: Indian Cormorant. My eBird Checklist.

Indian Cormorant. (David J Mathre)
Three Indian Cormorants in flight viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey while docked at Port Cochin. Kochi (Cochin), India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 195 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (02-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 57: India. Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Day 4: Agra & Taj Mahal.

Something Different from the Taj Mahal. Silhouette of a monkey traveling across the top of a building.



Individual images from the slide show can be viewed here.

One-Year Ago (15-April-2016) — Atlantic Ocean

The Semester at Sea, Spring 2016 voyage was almost over. Some of the students had their faces painted with flags from the countries we visited. Can anyone identify this flag? Then one final sunset image (and yes, that is a sunspot).

Face painting on board the MV World Odyssey. Day 101 of 102 of the Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage at sea between Morocco and England. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and a 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 173 mm, f/5.3, 1/1600 sec). (David J Mathre)
Face painting on board the MV World Odyssey. Day 101 of 102 of the Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage at sea between Morocco and England. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and a 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 173 mm, f/5.3, 1/1600 sec). (David J Mathre)
Final sunset aboard the MV World Odyssey. Day 101 of 102 of the Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage at sea between Morocco and England. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and a 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 300 mm, f/16, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Final sunset aboard the MV World Odyssey. Day 101 of 102 of the Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage at sea between Morocco and England. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and a 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 300 mm, f/16, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)

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Wednesday (02-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 57: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Day 4: Agra & Taj Mahal.

Something Different from the Taj Mahal. Silhouette of a monkey traveling across the top of a building.

Silhouette of a monkey climbing at the Taj Mahal Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 212 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Silhouette of a monkey climbing at the Taj Mahal Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 212 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)

 

Tuesday (01-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 56: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Bharatpur and Agra, India.

Power lines in and around Bharatpur, India. Modern to less than modern (including some DIY), but functional infrastructure. Check the images out in full screen mode. Notice the pile of cow pies drying under the transformer in the 2nd image.

Power Lines and Sun Burst from a moving bus near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 10.4 mm, f/10, 1/4000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Sun Burst from a moving bus near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 10.4 mm, f/10, 1/4000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Cow Pies in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 11.6 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Cow Pies in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 11.6 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)