Pramod you have hit the nail on the head. The Kodasahalli backwaters never looked so inviting. This image brings back great memories for me when I joined the Forest Service my first assignment in Karnataka was to oversee the clearing of the trees because the trees would get submerged . Huge giants had to go and my DCF, happened to have 6 sightings of Black panther during the operations. Now life has come another cycle when the dense bamboo all around reached their climax with their 40 year cycle and has now gone dead. There is a positive side to this dam as well. The present day Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve is on the North Bank and in over 8000 sq kms of forests in Uttara Kannada the only 5 sq km grid which is free from human habitation is on the North Side of the bank, if its exists it is because of the dam which has rendered access difficult.
Sorry for being long on this, now coming to the image, the choice to go B/W is fantastic. I would love some more contrast in the scene.