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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on August 08, 2012, 11:41:58 am

Title: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 08, 2012, 11:41:58 am

Monsoon 2012 in Goa - Part 2 (http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/08/08/monsoon-in-goa-2012-edition-part-2/)

(http://www.parrikar.org/images/LL/Goa-Orlim-Coconut-Orchard.jpg)

Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: francois on August 08, 2012, 12:01:45 pm
Very nice image... Not breath-taking but there's something quiet and relaxing in this photo.

I also like the other images you posted on your blog… Most photographers would give up in the wet season.
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 08, 2012, 12:12:25 pm
Quote from: francois on August 08, 2012, 12:01:45 pm
Very nice image... Not breath-taking but there's something quiet and relaxing in this photo.

I also like the other images you posted on your blog… Most photographers would give up in the wet season.

Francois,

The tropical monsoon in India/Goa is all about atmosphere as well as the cultural themes that are associated with it.  Photographs don't fully convey the experience.

See this book, for instance -

http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Monsoon-Modern-Pilgrimage-Through/dp/0805020527
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: francois on August 08, 2012, 01:00:10 pm
Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on August 08, 2012, 12:12:25 pm
Francois,

The tropical monsoon in India/Goa is all about atmosphere as well as the cultural themes that are associated with it.  Photographs don't fully convey the experience.

See this book, for instance -

http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Monsoon-Modern-Pilgrimage-Through/dp/0805020527


Rajan,
Thanks for the book reference.
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on August 09, 2012, 03:54:45 am
I really like the lush greens on this one.
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: RobbieV on August 09, 2012, 08:41:15 am
A nice humid stillness to this. I wonder how it would read with the image canvas flipped horizontally...
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 09, 2012, 10:26:24 am
Rajan,

I have suspected that you spend so much time in Iceland in order to avoid the monsoon season in India. But these monsoon photos are quite fine.

Eric
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 09, 2012, 12:17:30 pm
Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 09, 2012, 10:26:24 am
Rajan,

I have suspected that you spend so much time in Iceland in order to avoid the monsoon season in India. But these monsoon photos are quite fine.

Eric


Eric,

Ha! The monsoon in Goa is magical. But it coincides with summer in Iceland, another spiritual experience. Therefore, my annual pilgrimage begins on the rock in the mid-Atlantic and ends in the place of my birth.
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 09, 2012, 12:23:24 pm
Quote from: RobbieV on August 09, 2012, 08:41:15 am
A nice humid stillness to this. I wonder how it would read with the image canvas flipped horizontally...

Humid, check. Still, check.

When I came upon the scene, I too wished it was flipped horizontally :-).
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on August 09, 2012, 05:16:14 pm
Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on August 09, 2012, 12:23:24 pm
When I came upon the scene, I too wished it was flipped horizontally :-).


So do it! What's the problem?

Jeremy
Title: Re: Coconut Orchard
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 10, 2012, 08:10:42 am
Flipped.

(http://www.parrikar.org/images/LL/Goa-Monsoon-Orlim-flipped.jpg)