The Music Project is a charity which aims to unite the next generation in post-civil war Sri Lanka by using music as a bridge language. They operate amongst several schools in the north and south of the country, with groups meeting several times a year for concerts using the skills they've learned.

Having worked with the charity before on their website, I was lucky enough to visit one of these concerts held in the north of the country. Watching the children play their instruments and have a good time in each others company, quite often not being able to directly communicate, was quite an experience of positive cohabitation.

As the children took a break from practicing for the concert later in the day, my unhealthy obsession with patterns led me to set my camera up to photograph this doorway and the corridor which ran alongside the classrooms on one side and the central playground on the other. While busy concentrating on the camera settings and pointing out certain things to some of the more inquisitive boys, I didn't even notice that this girl had stepped into the frame until I looked at the photographs later.

Her being there immediately made this my favourite photo of the day.

For more information on The Music Project and ways you can help, visit www.musicprojectsl.com
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Nikon D800 with a Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD

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My little (albeit fat!) labrador, Elsa... giving the look she gives when she's done something wrong... and she knows it...

A larger view is recommended

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Took me days to finally get a pic of these bright red dudes... there are two just on the canal by my garden.. and they NEVER sit down, and fly soo frickin fast (apparantly dragonflies fly up to 60mph!), its almost impossible to capture them! took some time but i'm happy wit it! :)

Please check my other Red Dragon photograph, taken months later, near the same location! :)

www.flickr.com/photos/chinsen/190642422/

and thanks for the lovely comments and favs! :-)

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Rocks... the smaller, closer one at the summit of Piduragala, and Sigiriya itself behind it...

Sigiriya is towards the center of Sri Lanka, to the north-east of Kandy. It is widely considered as another Wonder of the World. For more info, Check this
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Taken with my old Canon Powershot S500

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Every year several locations in Sri Lanka are swamped with the masses for May Day rallies. As one would expect, the largest is for the leading party at the time. This year there was predicted to be 2 million present for the rally, and being there in person, I'd have to say it wasn't far off.
One of the groups in the leading party's rally was "Sri Lanka Youth" which had several hundred members. The interesting thing was that almost all of them looked to be well past 30 and even into their 40s which really brings the whole reality of the rally to question.
Nikon D800 with a Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD.

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