• 14mm • f/4 • 1/800 • ISO100 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •
Afternoon Over Thalangama Lake
Tag: Kotte
The Sri Lankan Parliament Building, Kotte
The Right of the Line
Forever Nineteen
Oriental Darter, Diyawanna Lake, Sri Lanka
Drying Off
Diyawanna Oya, Kotte, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Parliament Building, Kotte
Spot-Billed Pelican
The little islets on the Diyawanna Oya in the southeastern Colombo suburb of Kotte are home to the globally threatened spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis), which is relatively rare even in Sri Lanka, though frequently seen around Colombo’s lakes. Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of SriLankan Airlines. My story, The Capital Lake, runs in the January 2017 issue.
Morning on the Diyawanna Oya, Kotte, Sri Lanka
“Sri Lanka is a land without lakes. This might seem like a ridiculous observation when one notes that it is almost impossible to travel anywhere in lowland Sri Lanka without being near some large inland water body. But these are not lakes; they are reservoirs, or “tanks” as they are called locally. Every single one is manmade. And throughout history, Sri Lankans became expert at creating the lakes we did not have.”
My story, The Capital Lake, on exploring the Diyawanna Oya by boat, runs throughout this month of January 2017, in Serendib, the inflight magazine of SriLankan Airlines. Follow the link to read the full piece and see more photographs, or pick up a mag if you’re flying this month.
Son of the Morning Light 