Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’! The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I welcome to Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by him is really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
1. It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybody can participate with camera or without camera.
2. We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkata at sharp 6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
3. After having a cup of tea we will start to north up to Victoria building, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road, then Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea again with snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
4. I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write down the details of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
5. There will not be any subject bar.
6. We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.
7. Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia Commons:Image guidelines: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
Wth regards.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote:
Dear All,
Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel photographer, whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph, Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below, a list of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and route map that you intend to propose?
Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta rangan_datta@yahoo.comwrote:
Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
- Metropolitan Building*
- Victoria House
- Statesman House
- Tipu Sultan Mosque*
- Defence East India Headquarters
- Raj Bhavan
- Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
- National Assurance Building
- Currency Building*
- Central Telegraph Office.
- St John's Church
- Town Hall
- High Court
- Metcalf Hall*
- GPO
- Calcutta Collectorate
- Eastern Rail Headquaters
- Writer's Building (there is restriction)
- St Andrew's Church
- Lal Bazar
- Beth el Synagogue
- Magen David Synagogue
- Portuguese Church
- Armenian Church
The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon. This list is not exhaustive,
Some related links from my website & Blog
- Calcutta Architecturehttp://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26
- St. John's Churchhttp://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41
- Links from my Bloghttp://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/
I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart fro St. John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of other buildings.
Looking forward for the photowalk.
Regards Rangan