The spirit of rural Goa is instantiated on this ethereal monsoon morning in Canacona in south Goa. Forbidding dark clouds loom over the ‘duckbill spillway’ at the Selaulim dam in Sanguem taluka.
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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…
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…
This scene is characteristic of rural Goa during the monsoons. The entire season is a master class in the hues of green.