Trip to Kerela, India

[sundeepGajjar]

I am Sundeep Gajjar,25, from New Delhi. You can call me Sunny. Its nice to see a forum dedicated to photographers in India.

I am doing photography since 3 years, started with a Sony Cybershot point and shoot camera with 1.3 MP. In july 2005 I got my dream camera - a digital SLR - the Canon 300D Digital Rebel. I have two lenses in my armoury, - Canon's 18-55mm wide and a tamron 70-300mm telephoto.

I am on a holiday trip to Kerela ( which is touted as one of the top three tourist destinations of the world by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) ) and have taken some photographs here which I would like to share with you all.

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More pictures, click to view them :

An egret in Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary :

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A wannabe long distance swimmer on Kovalam Lighthouse Beach :

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The view of God's own country from our airplane prior to deplaning at
Trivandrum:

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Thats me on a motorboat en route to Poovar Island from Kovalam :

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A dragonfly I captured from our motorboad on the Kumarakom Vembanad Lake:

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Floating Cottages at the isolated Poovar Island, literally heaven on
earth, but at a price :

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Keralite Fishermen at task :

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The crow, the imported saint and my jalpari:

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Morning at Kumarakom, Vembanad Lake, thats the moon :

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Ducks,Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary: :

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Full circle

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Sunset from our cottage at Kumarakom :

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Sunset at Kovalam Beach :

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Hitchhikers attached to our motor boat, :

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A local relaxing on his boat, Kovalam :

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Sunset at Kovalam :

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Sunrise at Kovalam :

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Windmills , Kerela from airplane :

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Kerela from airplane:

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A fisherwoman at Kovalam :

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A motorboat in Kumarakom waters :

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An enthusiastic speedboat driver, Kumarakom :

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A bird, Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary :

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A kettuvallom ( houseboat ) on Kumarakom Vembanad Lake, view from our
cottage :

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A houseboat :

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Fishing Keralites :

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The lighthouse, kovalam :

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Fishermen :

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Goddess? Come on!

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No tension Keralite :

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Reflections on Kumarakom Waters :

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The road of leaves, Kumarakom Backwaters :

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Our cottage at Kumarakom :

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A church:

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Poovar Island :

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Waves crashing on rocks at Kovalam beach :

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A bird catured at take off, Kumarakom Bird sanctuary :

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Shadow Play :

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Three is a crowd :

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Waves at Kovalam Beach :

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Poovar Island Resort:

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[Olli]

Hello Sunny, this is a great entrance to the Forums, welcome! I also admire your photographic eye, the pictures are great! Thanks for sharing! Waiting for more.

[Mates]

WOW! Some great pictures in that! Thanks for sharing!