Narrow ridges lined with palm trees running through paddy fields are a common sight in Goa. Built primarily for access and known as baan in Konkani, they are as old as the fields themselves. The arresting geometry of one such baan in the village of Goa Velha drew me in.
Passage of Palms - @ f/2
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar
Passage of Palms - @ f/16
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar
Tread on me
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II
The side view
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar
1) Yep, it will not be long before such scenes disappear forever.
2) The green in these pictures is that hue which I wait the whole winter to see.
Thank you Rajan for these magnificient pictures.
Takes me back to the days of my cherished boyhood memories
of Goa!
Con
The essence of Goa ! (fast disappearing)