Rantembe Reserve – Son of the Morning Light

Temple of the Water God

March 13, 2023March 12, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

I believe that water is the closest thing to a god we have here on Earth.”

^{_{— Alex Z Moores Living in Water}}

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/3h3a9978.jpg — The Randenigala Reservoir, surrounded by the jungles of the Rantembe Reserve. December 2018. If water is the one true god of our planet, then the reservoirs we’ve built over millennia must be its greatest temples.

^{• 24mm • f/8 • 1/1600 • ISO800 • 5DMkIII & EF24-105/4L •}

The Uma Oya, Sri Lanka

September 23, 2019June 11, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

The Uma oya by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — Winding down from the eastern side of the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka to its confluence with the Mahaweli Ganga, the Uma Oya is seen here in a broad valley of the Rantembe Reserve. Shot on assignment for Explore Sri Lanka magazine. My photo story, “The Temple of War”*, ran in the April 2016 issue.*

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Broken Mirror #5

March 25, 2019June 17, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

The Randenigala Reservoir, Sri Lanka #5 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — *The Randenigala Reservoir, surrounded by the Rantembe Reserve, in the Central Highlands east of Digana. Sri Lanka, December 2018.*

The Victoria in the Afternoon #4

April 2, 2016 David BlackerLeave a comment

The Victoria in the Afternoon #4 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com

The Victoria Reservoir with, at the far end of the valley, its dam. The Victoria Dam was completed in April 1985 to stem the Mahaweli, Sri Lanka’s longest river. Beyond the dam is the Rantembe Reserve. Shot from Digana, east of Kandy, for my piece The Temple of War: the Road to Andaulpotha and the Other Nagadeepa, which appeared in the April 2016 issue of Explore Sri Lanka magazine.

600D+EFS18-200/3.5-5.6+polariser@50mm,1/160,f/4.5,ISO100