Lush

[Rajan Parrikar]

Monsoon bliss in Baradi, Goa.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Every photo you show of Goa makes me want to go there.
I'm glad that you don't try to give equal time to the places that have become ugly.

-Eric

[John R]

Communicating without words, that's what this image evokes. I looked at the photo and said, wow so LUSH! Wonderful Rajan.

JR

[thierrylegros396]

Communicating without words, that's what this image evokes. I looked at the photo and said, wow so LUSH! Wonderful Rajan.

JR

+1

Thierry

[Rajan Parrikar]

Thank you, Eric, John and Thierry.

Eric - it is getting increasingly harder to get a composition without ugly concrete sticking out.

[sdwilsonsct]

I like the repetition of the greens, blues and identical trees.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Eric - it is getting increasingly harder to get a composition without ugly concrete sticking out.

That's what I use Context-aware Fill for.   

[Telecaster]

Shucks, I was expecting pics of Miki Berenyi & Emma Anderson. They've "put the band back together!" 

-Dave-

[Arlen]

I like it a lot, Rajan. You have knack for achieving just the right processing on shots like these. Very pleasing color without appearing overdone.

[Paulo Bizarro]

I like the receding mist into the distance. adds a good sense of depth.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Thank you, all.

Arlen - the monsoon greens are intense and, in the right conditions, can and do look saturated to the eye. I had to pull back the Saturation adjustment slider a bit here.

[Sean H]

This is indeed lush Rajan. Many of the coconut trees in the foreground (on the left side second row from the front of the photo) are of similar height and, I would guess, were probably planted around the same time and their branches are mostly in similar positions. Some of them resemble windmills. Was it windy when you took this shot? It would have been easy to have over-saturated greens in this shot but now I can see subtle differences in hues. The trees make the shot (imagine it without the trees). Thank you.

Sean

[Rajan Parrikar]

This is indeed lush Rajan. Many of the coconut trees in the foreground (on the left side second row from the front of the photo) are of similar height and, I would guess, were probably planted around the same time and their branches are mostly in similar positions. Some of them resemble windmills. Was it windy when you took this shot? It would have been easy to have over-saturated greens in this shot but now I can see subtle differences in hues. The trees make the shot (imagine it without the trees). Thank you.

Sean

Sean, thanks. Yes, it was windy. Not Icelandic windy, but monsoon-y windy.

[Sean H]

Rajan, that is a funny quote for this site, given how many photographers here travel and encounter different conditions.  Looking at your photo, once I saw the word "Monsoon" I could imagine the humidity and heat.

Sean, thanks. Yes, it was windy. Not Icelandic windy, but monsoon-y windy.