I often see couples long after sunset still standing at the waters edge lingering, watching, musing. In this image, almost like a nudge at us grown up’s seriousness, I love the way the young child is too playful to contemplate in stillness but so wanting to be like mum, or perhaps older sister. Perhaps the […]
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Day 890, Prayer To Party
Diversity is what makes life here interesting. I’m sure every one of these people were praying in their local temple or shrine only hours earlier! Party on dudes (and dudettes)! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 890, Prayer To Party’ 1/10s f/2.8 ISO2500 135mm… more at http://wetshutter.com
Read MoreDay 889, Hindu Prayers
These three devout Balinese worshipers in prayer could just as easily be in any recent century except for one small little sign of modern technology. I’m sure if you checked their pockets you’d find smart phones and Facebook as well, on silent of course. Seriously though we were impressed with how important spiritual life is […]
Read MoreDay 888, Mother and Daughter
I really have no idea if the baby is male or female, I just liked the title. Actually the title is an interesting lead into the world of the long-tailed macaque monkey, Macaca fascicuiaris The long-tailed macaques have a created a matriarchal society with ‘the Mother’ being its head. Females macaques stay with the group […]
Read MoreDay 887, Sacred Wings
Of all the pools in Tirtha Empul there was one guarded by shoulder high walls and no obvious way to reach the water. The colour of the water was a gorgeous turquoise fringed with green. Longs thin strands of dark green algae as fine as angle’s hair held tenuously to the bottom as the bubbling […]
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