Monthly Archives: August 2009

Monsoon Glory – 4

A dense layer of rain-bearing clouds prepares to offload its cargo on a dark, stormy morning.  This photograph was taken from a turnout high in the Chorla Ghat area on Goa’s northeastern border.     With the advent of the monsoons, a new cycle of life begins. The erumpent Colocasia plant is everywhere, as is...

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One Subject, Two Compositions

In one of his recent blog entries, the distinguished photographer Jim Zuckerman observes that the sun can be made salient in a composition by the use of super-telephoto lenses.  That reminded me of something similar I had done last year on the island village of Divar in Goa.  I had both the 300L f/4 IS...

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