When it rains in Kumta it rains heavens  . I was in Kumta  during the first weekend of  June to attend a wedding. Heavy non stop  rains in the previous week of my visit left whole Kumta city soaked in water .

Great start
Great start

City cleaned up and small lakes, streams were full of life . The sky was half messed up with Monsoon clouds and  white puffy clouds. I decided to utilize a little time I had before the wedding day by photographing the atmosphere  and if possible catch  some rain or may be some clouds and some beach . Me and my wife on my ( technically not mine of course , my uncle’s I always use in Kumta ) awesome TVS wego scooter started our short trip in the afternoon. It was sunny  bright light over the hills and sky was magnificent . As we were passing on the hills I saw few kids swimming in a little lake that just got filled up . I had to stop my bike and ran near the lake. The lake was really muddy but that didn’t stop the kids from having fun. They went on and I went on clicking which further encouraged them to show a little more of their ability . The gorgeous monsoon clouds , western ghats acting as backdrop and 3 o clock afternoon light   made  a dream like situation that I many time wished for. Not only catching the action   I also captured some  portraits  of the swimming kids.  So here are few images I liked a lot.

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Muddy red soiled water!
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Some are really serious swimmers
never ending fun
never ending fun
we almost choose the winner
we almost choose the winner
And the winner in front of you!
And the winner in front of you!

Above photo chosen as Photo of the day on Nationalgeographic’s website on Sept 5 th. It was a dream for me when I started photography as I was closely following this wonderful section . The photos in the photo of the day inspired a lot and have a great influence on me

top right corner if you cannot find my pic!
middle  right corner if you cannot find my pic!

Dinesh Maneer

Photographer. Writer .Trekker.Traveler.Businessman based out of Karnataka, India

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