Kerala

Started in Munnar's high grasslands — tea to every horizon and air that smells like rain.

High grasslands above Munnar.20mm · f/11 · 1/200s · ISO 100Tea to the horizon.36mm · f/11 · 1/125s · ISO 100

Down to the coast by evening. One fisherman, one cast, one frame.

Casting into the evening.38mm · f/7.1 · 1/50s · ISO 100

A lazy ridge walk while the haze slowly ate the horizon.

Ridgeline dissolving into haze.20mm · f/11 · 1/40s · ISO 500

Golden hour in tea country — the hills at their warmest and nobody in a hurry, including us.

Tea country, golden hour.36mm · f/9 · 1/40s · ISO 100The hills at their warmest.63mm · f/7.1 · 1/40s · ISO 100

Houseboat day on the backwaters: ferries, frontages, whole neighbourhoods living on the waterline.

Backwater frontage.61mm · f/9 · 1/60s · ISO 100A houseboat heading home.75mm · f/8 · 1/80s · ISO 160

Life along the waterline.38mm · f/6.3 · 1/80s · ISO 160Houseboats at rest.28mm · f/5 · 1/60s · ISO 200

Detoured to Jatayu — the world's largest bird sculpture — via a long climb in wet heat.

Jatayu, the world's largest bird sculpture.28mm · f/16 · 1/200s · ISO 100

Christmas Eve on the Arabian Sea, watching it swallow the sun whole.

The Arabian Sea swallowing the sun.75mm · f/11 · 1/50s · ISO 100

Last morning on the water before breakfast, then one final sunset run — canoes, palm silhouettes, and a ferry crossing the glare.

A ferry crossing the glare.75mm · f/9 · 1/125s · ISO 200

One man, one boat, one sunset.41mm · f/9 · 1/125s · ISO 200

Palm silhouettes on cue.46mm · f/9 · 1/125s · ISO 200The backwaters before breakfast.66mm · f/9 · 1/125s · ISO 200