Along Kandy Mahiyangana Road

Got an opportunity to take a ride down Kandy Mahiyangana road towards the dried up Victoria reservoir and dam. Never mind the dry weather, the area looked so gorgeous I was kicking myself that I was rushing back and did not have much time to work the shutters of my Camera. Anyways, here are some pf the pictures I managed to get when we stopped for a king coconut by the side of the road. I intend to visit the area by end of the month and hope to get some good pics of the area this time around.

I have never in my life seen the Victoria reservoir dried up this bad..... It is one terrible drought I guess. 

Colourful Nights

It would be funny to say that the previous night I was playing with my Balls, but, that is exactly what I did with this fancy set of balls that emits lights of different colours. I was experimenting on long shutter speed exposure. Though these photographs defy the idea of this blog post, which is to have nature related photography, thought of sharing on blog.

Around the House

After a long delay, thought of getting back in to action. With limited time I have to travel these days, the best photography I could get came around the neighborhood. Following is what I have in store for today. Hope you enjoy !

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A few Dimi Gotta's (as we call it) where Weaver Ants would make a nest out of tree leave on top of trees. 

Weaver ants or Green ants (genus Oecophylla) are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants are obligately arboreal and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk.

The Hibiscus Flower !

is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.

 
What we call Beheth Nelli 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllanthus_emblica (the Indian gooseberry, or aamla from Sanskrit amalika, is a deciduous tree of the Phyllanthaceae family. It is known for its edible fruit of the same name.)

And a gorgeous Butterfly that Blessed the garden - a rare species of butterflies that would visit a home garden though...

Pictures from Sri Lanka !

Few pics that I managed to capture from around the place... Nothing serious, but, thought of uploading anyways as it's been some time since I last did. Having time related issues in going about capturing photographs. Enjoy !