Ramanathan Kovil. Saturday morning.

Lunuganga. Bricks and Leaves.

Ring...for Colombo Jewelery Stores.

Unused Leica D-Lux 3 for sale. (it's a camera...!)

I have a brand new unused Leica D-Lux 3 for sale. It is silver and comes with a 2GB card. This is a superb little camera that takes 10 mega pixel RAW files, shoots movies and has this great 16:9 ratio. A link to the Leica web site is http://www.leica-camera.co.uk/photography/compact_cameras/d-lux_3/

Ok, why I am selling it..?. I have another one on it's way to me and that has a black body. So, the silver must be sold. I will sell it for the same price that I paid for it in Singapore. The exact price isRs.85,800/- which uncludes cost of case and 2 GB card). It's a gem, and it could be yours in a few hours time. Yes, it's in Colombo...

Just Pol Sambol. best with steaming hot white rice.

The Internally Displaced. near Batticaloa.

The Ayurveda Doctors.

Anything goes as long as it flows...Beat Presser

Photographers...Click your way to the UK, Malaysia or India. Enter NOW.

Focus on Mount Lavinia Hotel

A Photographic Competition and Exhibition

To conclude its 200th anniversary, the Mount Lavinia Hotel is announcing a photographic competition, open to photographers of Sri Lanka. The contest is aiming at nothing more than "the best shot" of the Hotel, capturing its two centuries of history, its romantic flair and mystery, and breathtaking settings, through the lens.

The awards awaiting the winners are breathtaking, as well: air tickets to London, Malaysia and India, gift vouchers from Kodak, Hotel holiday and weekend vouchers, and many consolation prizes.

Participation is open to established amateur and professional photographers residing in Sri Lanka. Applications will be received latest by 10th March 2007. All applicants are requested to submit a letter, stating their full name, address, contact numbers, their affiliation with photographic associations, and their background and qualifications in photography. They must submit three sample prints (max. size 6"x9") of any of their work as well.

An expert group, appointed by the Hotel, will review the applications and select a limited number of qualifying participants. They will be notified and given the necessary details to capture the best view of the Hotel, each from their own artistic and creative angle, between 13th and 25th March 2007.

A high level panel of judges, chaired by the renowned Swiss photographer Beat Presser, will review the entries and select the winners, which will be announced on 31st March 2007, during an award ceremony held at the Mount Lavinia Hotel. The best photographs will be exhibited at the Hotel during the month of April 2007.

Applications are to be submitted to the PR Office, Mount Lavinia Hotel, 100 Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia. Telephone inquiries on 011 271 5221.

Blue Moon? No; a Red Moon. Lunar Eclipse.

Taken in the early hours of Sunday morning. The colour has been very slightly saturated. Thanks to Seb for use of his monster lens. (Please note that changes have been made to features on moon surface - anyone copying this picture has a manipulated image).

Stephen Champion. Photographer.