The Churches and Convents at Velha (Old) Goa owe their existence to the Portugueserule in thispart of the western coast of India.The most comprehensive group of churches and cathedrals built during 16th to 17th century AD
as we slided smoothly on the river that is known for it crocodile we kept lookeng at the river banks to see on an hopefully capture on. We saw three, but only one I was able o get on film. Not the best of picture, still. As we were loooking for the crocodiles, I did take lots of nice green shots of trees and reflections. well at least I like to think so…
As you can see lots of small boat on the river, local fishermen. You could see some people on the banks too. on hour the light made the water look green and when heaging back to the dock it was blue. The light is quite amazing
I am still on the river, my posting and editing is so slow, but then again I am in no hurry and I hope you willing look at my impression of Goa. The river – obviously had lots of boats there. Fishermen doing there jobs, us tourists enjoying the beauty of the moment.
As you can assume as we are on the river, there is bound to be boats of all kinds there, and I took photos of them. I loved how the morning light showed beautiful color reflections on the water
These boats are so beautifully crafted so I am sharing few more photos of them as seen from abroad one of them
The birds looked lovely by flying in front of the sun…
It was a beautiful calm evening, the sun was slowly setting to horizon. The colors were just amazing , only few more minutes before the final setting
nutes.
This weeks entry for The weekend in Black and White
Palm trees prior sunset (top) and after sunset. The colors and tones are so different
This fishing boat on dry land looked photographable to me as the setting sun gave it a nice glow.
Chapora River is a river in northern Goa, India. It runs westward into the Arabian sea at Chapora and demarcates the border between the North Goa talukas of Pernem and Bardez. I took a cruise there and this one is from there taken at sunset. Several posts following this will be from there.
I have few more black and white portraits that I want to share at this point.
Here is a young boy looking rather anxious.
I love taking photos of people. I try to capture a moment in the photo, A true feeling, not a plastic smile. I say this woman sitting and taking in the life around her – and took the shot. Black and white portraits are something I really enjoy. I have here the original photo in color and this final version. Do you agree with me that the BW has more magic in it?
I have here also the original photo, color crop, and first version in BW…what speaks to you the most, please let me know.
The Market place was full of color,spices, fruits, vegetables…I took close ups of some of the things there.
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 