Photography

Every photo here is mine. Taken, edited, and published either using a Canon or a Google Pixel I use for my everyday photography hobby.

Industrical Tour, Chittagong

28 January 2024. A morning inside a glass factory, and the drive out of the city afterwards.

A pool of turquoise liquid against a compound wall, debris at its edge
A turquoise pool inside the glass works. 28 January 2024, 9:45am
The interior of an industrial machine hall, pipes and rollers under a high roof
Inside the machine hall. 9:46am
A hand holding up a rough piece of blue-green glass against the light
A piece of blue-green glass held up to the light. 10:06am
A man in an industrial building holding out a small piece of material towards the camera
Holding out a Granite. 9:54am
The setting sun behind electricity pylons and cables, sky orange
The sun going down behind the power lines. 5:12pm

Sajek Valley, Rangamati

29 and 30 January 2024. Afternoons and sunrise, at about 1,800 feet.

A person in a cap standing on a hilltop looking out over hazy hills
Looking out over the valley, first afternoon. 29 January, 3:18pm
Layers of cloud moving across forested hills under a pale sky
Cloud coming in over the hills. 4:29pm
The sun low in thick haze above receding ridges of hills
The sun dropping into the haze, ridge after ridge. 4:54pm
A person with a backpack standing on a hilltop before sunrise, valley in shadow below
Before sunrise. 30 January, 6:48am
The top of a mosque dome with a crescent finial against a deep blue cloudless sky
The dome against a completely clear sky. 7:25am
A single yellow cosmos flower in close-up among grass
A cosmos flower, wide open. 7:48am
Looking directly up the trunk of a tall tree to its canopy and the sky
Straight up the trunk. 8:31am
A person leaning on a railing with layered hills behind
On the way down, Khagrachhari. 5:27pm

Saint Martin’s Island

31 January to 1 February 2024. Coral rock, low tide, and a fire after dark.

A wide beach at low tide, a red sun low over fishing boats and a distant watchtower
Low tide, and the sun gone red over the boats. 31 January, 5:25pm
A bright fire burning in a doorway at night
A fire going in the doorway. 7:11pm
Fishing boats stranded on a tidal flat under a bright morning sun
Boats waiting out the low tide. 1 February, 8:43am
A figure silhouetted on a weathered coral rock with arms raised against a clear blue sky
On top of the coral rock. 12:35pm
Dark coral rock in the foreground with waves breaking beyond
Where the rock meets the surf. 1:08pm

The crossing back

2 February 2024. Gulls follow the boat the whole way from Saint Martin’s to Teknaf.

Two seagulls flying low over green water
Gulls keeping pace with the boat. 2 February, 4:24pm
A single seagull gliding over rippled green water
One of them, on its own. 4:25pm
The sun setting behind a forested ridge, a transmission tower to one side
Sunset behind the Teknaf hills. 5:07pm

Makkah and Madinah

Serenity.

The stacked stone finial and crescent at the top of a minaret, against a clear blue sky
A minaret beside the Red Sea.
The Grand Mosque at Makkah seen from above at dusk, the city rising around it
Masjid al-Haram from above, first light.
The marble courtyard of the Prophet's Mosque with minarets rising behind
Mashjid-al-Nababi.
Looking up into a mosque dome, stained glass in a radial pattern at its centre
Straight up, into the dome.
Date palms silhouetted against an orange evening sky
The palms go black before the sky does. Red Sea.
A bare rocky mountain rising steeply against a deep blue sky
Mountain of Jinn.
The great folding umbrellas over the courtyard of the Prophet's Mosque, open against the sky
The shade of the holy mosque.
Masjid an-Nabawi with its green dome and minarets under a clear sky
Rawjah sareef of the Messenger (saw.)
A sign in Arabic calligraphy with an English translation reading: Rejoice! I swear by Allah that Allah will never disgrace you
A sign.
A palm tree in silhouette against a pale sea and low sun
Low sun, and one palm in the way of it. The sea where Pharaoh went under. Red Sea.
A white mosque with a single tall minaret against a deep blue sky
Whitewash against that particular blue. Quiblatan Mosque.
A mosque interior lit green, with gold calligraphy above a doorway
One of the largest copies of al-Quran.
A minaret of the Prophet's Mosque rising above domes and city buildings
The minaret wins, from anywhere in the city. Mashjid-al Nawabi.
A mosque corridor receding into the distance, red patterned carpet running its length
Saf (The row)

Cox’s Bazar, 2025

Family and fun.

A deep red moon alone in a black sky
The moon in eclipse. 8 September 2025.
A small red crab on wet sand, its reflection beneath it
Curious. 15 April 2025.
A small red crab on dry rippled sand
Same crab, drier ground. 15 April 2025.
A wide shallow sea under a sky of scattered cloud, horizon low in the frame
Sky to sea. 15 April 2025.
A sunflower in close-up, petals and seed head filling the frame
14 April 2025.
Two clusters of pink and yellow lantana flowers among green leaves
Lantana, doing its two-colour trick. 15 April 2025.
The sun setting low behind village rooftops, heavy cloud above
15 April 2025, just before dark.
A large woven globe lantern lit from inside at dusk, smaller lights behind it
15 April 2025.
Early morning sun raking across corrugated tin roofs and timber walls
Five in the morning, and the light does this. 2 April 2025.
An ornate iron and glass lantern lit against a dark background
10 September 2025.
The Dhaka skyline across still water at sunset, sun low and reflected
3 September 2025.

Game & Scene captures

Screenshots I took while playing games or watching films.

A screenshot taken in-game: a rooftop view across a historic city
Spider-man
A screenshot taken in-game: a rooftop view across a historic city
Better Call Saul
A screenshot taken in-game: a rooftop view across a historic city
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
A screenshot taken in-game: a rooftop view across a historic city
The Man Called Otto
A screenshot taken in-game: a rooftop view across a historic city
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: in front of Asgard
A screenshot taken in-game: a rooftop view across a historic city
Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Baghdad