One year after the Tsunami, Sri Lanka
(enhanced with Photoshop CS)
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

Children remember 12-26-04, and play by the sea.
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

Remembering the Tsunami, not quite ready
to play in the sea with the other children.
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

Remember the Tsunami, 12-26-04
Black & White
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

Letting Go, one year after the Tsunami.
Children release ballons filled with their
thoughts about the Tsunami.
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

The future of Sri Lanka
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

Remembering those lost by the Tsunami
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

One of many balloons released in
Seenigama, Sri Lanka, filled with thoughts
about the Tsunami.

Father & daughter, one year after the Tsunami
(enhanced with Photoshop CS)
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

One year later, a small boy, affected
by the tsunami, walks to the beach to
release two ballons, carrying thoughts
about the Tsunami.
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

Flags wave, penned with the names of those
who lost their lives in this small village of
Sri Lanka. Children carry ballons towards the
beach filled with thoughts about the Tsunami.
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

After giving alms to the local people, for the Tsunami
Anniversary and those that were lost, a young monk
remembers by the sea
Bentota, Sri Lanka

After the tsunami, this religious structure stood standing,
battered by the sea on 12-26-04, and is now surrounded
by the sea.
Seenigama, Sri Lanka

Boy monk remembers 12-26-04, one year later
Bentota, Sri Lanka

After giving alms to the local people, for the Tsunami
Anniversary and those that were lost, monks play by the sea
Bentota, Sri Lanka

Homeward Bound
Train heading south along the Indian Ocean
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Purple sky
Taken from our balcony, overlooking marshland, during a thunderstorm
Nawala, Sri Lanka

Over 22,000 terns, some migrant, visited this Saltern at sunset
Bundala Saltern, Sri Lanka

Intermediate Egret w/ breeding plumage on nest
Tissamaharama Tank, Sri Lanka

An offering (prepared by Buddhists)
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Star Jasmine
Sri Lanka

Spot-billed Pelican
Tissamaharama Tank, Sri Lanka

Out of the clouds
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Shades of blue
Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka

Cattle Egret
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Colorful roadside flowers
Sri Lanka

Black-crowned Night Heron
Tissamaharama Tank, Sri Lanka

Yellow layers
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Colorful rope and nets used by local fisherman
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Indian Peafowl
Bundala National Park

Nature
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Indian Pond Heron
Tissamaharama Tank, Sri Lanka

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Punishment
This cow was found wandering the rice paddy fields in the area, so upset farmers decided to put a rice bag over the cows head and post a sign to tell the owner to mind his cattle. The cow went without water and food, in the hot sun, from early morning until sunset one day.
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Taking the seed to spread on the paddy fields
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Preparing the Rice Paddy fields
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Daily chores done by a rural village woman
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Pink Hibiscus, upside down
Sri Lanka

Black-crowned Night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Tissamaharama Tank, Sri Lanka

Colorful rope & nets used by local fisherman
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Bundala Saltern at Sunset
Sri Lanka

Female Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Bundala, Sri Lanka

Salvinia (invasive water plant)
Bundala Lagoon, Sri Lanka

Beauty along the roadside
Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka

Sunset
Bundala Saltern, Sri Lanka

Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)
Tissamaharama Tank, Sri Lanka

From behind--Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka

In the darkness
Bundala Saltern, Sri Lanka

In the sky, Dagoba
Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka