Walk for the Wetlands

The Walk for the Wetlands is an effort by a OSC alumni to raise awareness about our neighboring Talangama Wetlands. The walk was scheduled for February 12^th and started at the school gate at 9:00. The walk incompassed the values of allowing those who took part the oppertunity to view the wetlands and to listen to a informational session that discussed the value behind preserving this wetland. This issue is of great importance, more in terms of regional importance, as these wetlands are very important ecosystem in Sri Lanka and by raising awareness on the problems possed toward the wetlands it may assist efforts to help protect these ecosystems.

I used this event as an oppertunity to engage myself with an issue of global importance as well as an oppertunity for me to develope skills with photography. During the walk I was able to take numerous photos of those who participated in the walk as well as the environment and structures that we passed on our way. The reason this really helped my skills with photography is because it forced me to adapt my photography to high light conditions, which effects the speed that the camera takes photos, and to deal with super contrasts between light and shade. What I mean by super contrast is that, for example, if I were taking a photo while standing indirect sunlight and the subject was in the shade, the subject and its direct surroundings would be considerably darker and this would hinder the photograph.