T Bolt
Colonel
Wow!
Crimea River's Photo Album
- Thread starter Crimea_River
- Start date
Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Gorgeous country Andy, and your wife shoots a nice shot with a camera to.
- Thread starter
- #84
Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks everyone. I never get tired of driving through Banff National Park. Tough to keep your eyes on the road!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Brilliant photographs Andy, cools me down on the warm night.
- Thread starter
- #86
Crimea_River
Marshal
Following are a selection of pics I took during my recent business trip to Delhi, India.
First, the beautiful hotel I stayed in, the Trident Gurgaon. Highly recommended if anyone is in the area (but not cheap).
The drive to Agra to see the Taj Mahal started at 5:30am local time last Sunday. It's a 4 to 5 hour drive, with lots to see. This guy, of course, wanted money after I took his picture.
Inexpensive formwork is used in construction (Glenn should like this). The wet concrete forms on the upper floors of this building are held up entirely with cut tree trunks.
The next three pics should be familiar. The first one is the main gate to the Taj Mahal gardens.
India is a land of contrasts and on the way back, we see a few typical street scenes. Motor bikes are a popular means of transportation. This one, carrying three, has room for one more on the gas tank. Don't laugh - I did see one with 4 but was not able to photograph it!
Bike repair outsided a take-out "restaurant":
Lunch anyone?
These pics show the area where our office building is and has been built within the last 10 years. A few shanties still cling to the fringes of this business zone.
In Delhi on Wednesday, we visited the Cottage Industries Emporium which is housed in this building:
Within the emporium are many stalls where you can buy all kinds of things made by local craftsmen and businesses. The silver tray is hand engraved and costs about $2400. The chest of drawers was only about $600 and the teak tablea steal at $300.
On our way back to the hotel, we took a quick drive past the impressive parliament buildings in Delhi.
Hope you enjoyed the show!
First, the beautiful hotel I stayed in, the Trident Gurgaon. Highly recommended if anyone is in the area (but not cheap).
The drive to Agra to see the Taj Mahal started at 5:30am local time last Sunday. It's a 4 to 5 hour drive, with lots to see. This guy, of course, wanted money after I took his picture.
Inexpensive formwork is used in construction (Glenn should like this). The wet concrete forms on the upper floors of this building are held up entirely with cut tree trunks.
The next three pics should be familiar. The first one is the main gate to the Taj Mahal gardens.
India is a land of contrasts and on the way back, we see a few typical street scenes. Motor bikes are a popular means of transportation. This one, carrying three, has room for one more on the gas tank. Don't laugh - I did see one with 4 but was not able to photograph it!
Bike repair outsided a take-out "restaurant":
Lunch anyone?
These pics show the area where our office building is and has been built within the last 10 years. A few shanties still cling to the fringes of this business zone.
In Delhi on Wednesday, we visited the Cottage Industries Emporium which is housed in this building:
Within the emporium are many stalls where you can buy all kinds of things made by local craftsmen and businesses. The silver tray is hand engraved and costs about $2400. The chest of drawers was only about $600 and the teak tablea steal at $300.
On our way back to the hotel, we took a quick drive past the impressive parliament buildings in Delhi.
Hope you enjoyed the show!
T Bolt
Colonel
Real nice Andy. The pictures if The Taj Mahal were beautiful. Looks like it was worth the long drive. And that building construction IS very scary!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Great shots Andy and as you say it's a place of extreme contrasts and to have been to the Taj Mahal, envy, envy, envy.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great shots Andy.
Good shots Andy!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Excellent tour sir!!!
Thank you and great shots to!!!
Thank you and great shots to!!!
pbfoot
1st Lieutenant
Thought I was looking at Malton til you told me
- Thread starter
- #93
Crimea_River
Marshal
- Thread starter
- #94
Crimea_River
Marshal
The weather on the 3 hour drive home from Edmonton on Saturday was quite eventful with severe thunder storms about half way. At one point, I just had to pull over to take this snap of a rather neat rainbow at the edge of a massive rain cloud. Unfortunately, it had dissipated a bit by the time I had come to a full stop and pulled the camera out but hopefully you get the gist.
Attachments
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice shot Andy.
- Thread starter
- #96
Crimea_River
Marshal
Cheers Terry. Of course, always looks more impressive in real life.
Nice shot Andy!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Excellent shot Andy, that came out great even if it was going away.
ontos
Tech Sergeant
Great captures Andy, the rainbow is awesome. Such beautiful country, I envy you and Aaron. You know we have some great deserts
- Thread starter
- #100
Crimea_River
Marshal
Deserts can be beautiful in thier own right. Thanks for the comments guys. One neat thing about where I live is that we get some spectacular cloud scapes. I'll need to take a batch of shots over the summer and post some day.
