Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar » Colvale 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 Mornin’ on the Chapora http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/10/12/mornin-on-the-chapora/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/10/12/mornin-on-the-chapora/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:03:48 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=7374 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

These images made at daybreak on the Chapora river in the Goan village of Colvale exude an air of serenity. Mornings here are indeed refreshingly calm and punctuated by birdsong. But they also reveal a dark side. Seen on the canoes are the hordes of migrant labour brought in by the criminals builders to service Goa‘s destruction construction boom. This sand mining of the river bed has already destroyed the fragile riparian ecology.

Mornin' on River Chapora, Goa
5D Mark II, 135L

 

Sand mining
5D Mark II, 135L

 

Colvale
5D Mark II, 135L

 
 
]]> http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/10/12/mornin-on-the-chapora/feed/ 1 The Blue Canoe http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-blue-canoe/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-blue-canoe/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:42 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=708 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

It was overcast with the promise of a squall this evening when I found myself on the banks of the Chapora river in the village of Colvale (home of the internationally known Goan fashion guru Wendell Rodricks). With the murky conditions not friendly for photography, I was about to leave when I had a chance encounter with a local fisherman who offered me a ride in his canoe. The riparian sights & sounds interspersed with banter were a great pleasure.

These photographs were taken hand-held with the TS-E 17L lens with zero Tilt and Shift – effectively serving as a 17mm manual focus prime.

Waters of the Chapora river in Colvale, Goa
5D Mark II, TS-E 17L

 
 

Sanjay, the boatman
5D Mark II, TS-E 17L

 
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