Hidden inland and surrounded by mangroves, Krabi Boat Lagoon is about as far away from the “Tourist Thailand” of popular imagination as you can get.
Sunset over the mangroves at Krabi Boat Lagoon Read Post »
Portrait of a Blacksmith – taken in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Portrait of a Blacksmith Read Post »
Photograph: A lady from the Nepali Limboo tribe in Sikkim, with traditional nose-piercings.
Limboo Lady With Necklace Read Post »
Photograph: this is a random portrait of a girl who lives in Bolgatty Island village, where we live. Just happened to be walking past her purple-painted house and she immediately posed for the camera, as is typical here in India. It has quickly become one of my fave street portraits.
This is a submission for the theme that asks for a shot taken with a prime lens. A prime lens has a fixed focal length, in this instance 50mm. A 50mm prime lens is the one closest to what a human sees in real life, which is why traditionally crime scene photographers always used 50mm lenses! No crime scene here, alas, just a photograph of a worker with a heavy steel basket on his head.
#OnePrimeWednesday – Early Morning Basket Boy Read Post »
Banana depot worker portrait. The cloth on his head is for carrying bananas, huge bunches of them.
Portrait Of A Banana Depot Worker Read Post »
I went for a wander late afternoon in the market, in between the stall holders and the main depot where they drop off the fruit and veg. This group of workers allowed me to jump up on the lorry and grab a shot of the workers loading up sacks of chickpea on to the workers’ heads.
#MyTownTuesday – Cochin, Kerala Read Post »
A great group shot of young students taken at Meenakshi Temple. Of course all the boys in the class were jumping in the way of the girls so I ordered them out the frame to get this one. Gotta love their identical hair.
#WomenWednesday – School Trip To Madurai Read Post »
This is an HDR shot, a composite of three identical images exposed differently, to pick up detail in the light and shadow areas. It is a submission for another photographic theme and follows on from the set I took at the banana depot.
#TonemapHDRTuesday – Banana Depot Read Post »
A view of the sunset from Bolgatty Island, where we live.
#TreeTuesday – Bolgatty Palace Read Post »
Workers at the local banana depot, a place which makes for interesting and colourful photographs.
#TransportTuesday – Banana Delivery Trolly Read Post »
This picture, taken in the depot of the market, went down well on Google+ and shows yet another worker with a heavy object on their head. These guys must have necks of steel!
#MyTownTuesday – Cochin, Kerala Read Post »
A submission for the theme Decay. Rather than go for an old, battered, black and white decayed look, I took a photograph of a decaying sign just on my doorstep (the Bolgatty ferry pick-up point) and brightened it up.
Decay Theme – Life On Bolgatty Read Post »
I should probably save this photograph for the #SunsetSaturday submission, but I couldn’t resist popping this one up now. It is the view just before I catch the ferry back to Bolgatty Island from Ernakulam. In the far distance are the famous Chinese fishing nets.
Sunset Over Cochin Read Post »
This photograph was part of my LRPS set, and one of my fave shots from Port Sudan. His slight snarl gets me every time, despite the fact he was a very nice chap. We ended up playing ‘light-sabres’ with his meat cleavers.
The Butcher Of Sudan Read Post »
