Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar » Coconut Tree http://www.parrikar.com/blog Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth, Divinity, Beauty) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:08:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Passage of Palms http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/10/02/passage-of-palms/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/10/02/passage-of-palms/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:38:01 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=7309 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

Narrow ridges lined with palm trees running through paddy fields are a common sight in Goa. Built primarily for access and known as baan in Konkani, they are as old as the fields themselves. The arresting geometry of one such baan in the village of Goa Velha drew me in.

Passage of Palms - @ f/2
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar

 

Passage of Palms - @ f/16
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar

 

Tread on me
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

The side view
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar

 
 
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Flying over the state of Kerala in southern India, the visitor is struck by what seems to be an endless panoply of palm fronds blanketing the land. This dense spread of the coconut tree has come to represent Kerala’s topographic signature. It serves as our motif in the sequence of photographs below. Here in the groves, the implements and the rhythm of everyday Keralan life are disclosed. The monsoon rains lend to the scene their deep water-soaked colours.

Backwaters at Alappuzha, Kerala
5D, EF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

 

Vishnu temple in Achan Thuruthu, Kerala
5D, EF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

 

Life in the Valiyaparamba backwaters, Kerala
5D, EF 24-105L

 
 
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