Rain, Rain, Rain....beautiful rain?

Well we've had a few weeks of hard monsoon. Culminating last week with some of the heaviest rain I've ever seen, the monsoon in full effect, and it just kept going and going, more water coming out of the sky than I would have thought possible.

Here's what one of the roads looked like in Colombo. Pity the poor coppers stood in the middle 'directing' the traffic! Thanks to Chris Dharmakirti for the picture.

Hipstamatic shots

This is an iPhone app called 'Hipstamatic', turns your phone into a retro camera, whereby you can choose the film type, lens and flash. The results are wonderful, here's a sample. These were taken on a weekend away in Unawatuna in the south of Sri Lanka.

Street scene, black and white, high contrast

Waves splashing on the rocks at the blow-hole in Unawatuna, Sunset.

Shop front on Galle road

Hikkaduwa beach scene, taken at speed out of the car window.

lunch at the UBR.

see the rest of these shots here in my Picassa web albums

Around Colombo

So, went out with the new camera and took some pics around my environs, I like architecture pics so....if you don't, sorry.

Some of them have been played about with in Photoshop, experiments at trying to recreate some styles I've seen used on various iPhone apps.

Orange Seller in Pettah,
messed about with in PS to try out Lomo effect.











The mosque near Lipton Circus round about, Colombo 07, been wanting to take this picture for some time, took lots, but this is one of my faves.

The amazing eye hospital on the corner of De Sarem Place, Colombo 07. That's a papaya tree in the foreground, if you care :)

Details of a Hindu temple in Pettah







Tuc-Tucs, Three-wheelers, Trishaws, call them what you will, basking in the mid day sun in Pettah.

Rubbish piles in Pettah fruit & veg market and someone picking over the good bits for edible food. As you can imagine, the stench of rot, the flies, the crows etc, don't make this a pleasant walk.

no reason just, for me, a nice pic.