Indian Ocean – Son of the Morning Light

Evening Dip

March 30, 2023March 29, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

^{• 50mm • f/2.8 • 1/2000 • ISO100 • Canon 5DMkIII & EF50/1.4 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Whisky Point

March 22, 2023March 21, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_7244b.jpg — *Pottuvil, Sri Lanka. May 2022.*

^{• 18mm • f/3.5 • 1/1000 • ISO100 • 600D & EF-S18-200/3.5-5.6 • polariser •}

Backside Snap #2

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/img_7775.jpg — *Main Point, Arugam Bay. May 2022.*

^{• 200mm • f/5.6 • 1/500 • ISO800 • 600D & EF-S18-200/3.5-5.6 • polariser •}

Afternoon Surfer

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/img_7686.jpg — *Main Point, Arugam Bay. May 2022.*

^{• 200mm • f/5.6 • 1/200 • ISO400 • 600D & EF-S 18-200/3.5-5.6 • polariser •}

The Waiting Sea

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_0137.jpg — *Talalla Bay, Sri Lanka.*

^{• 24mm • f/2.8 • 1/640 • ISO100 • 600D & EF-S24/2.8• circular polariser •}

December 26th 2022 marks eighteen years since the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004, when the Indian Ocean rose up and killed over 35,000 Sri Lankans in two massive waves (the second measured as high as 11m, in places). The country suffered the second highest number of deaths in the Indian Ocean (after Indonesia which, being proximate to the epicentre of the underwater quake that caused the tsunami, lost almost 200,000 dead and missing). Over half a million people were displaced in Sri Lanka, as almost 90,000 coastal homes and buildings were destroyed by the waves. Over 250,000 people are estimated to have died in minutes, in fifteen countries, from Southeast Asia to East Africa. In island nations like Sri Lanka, the sea would never be looked at quite the same again.