Fisherman's Friend Photo

Photographer’s Note

Another posting from Inle Lake in Myanmar. The lake is nearly 100 km North to South and only 5 km wide. It is said to have more than 200 villages on or around it, supporting a population of about 150,000. The residents are predominantly the lntha people (Intha means 'sons of the lake') who are of Mon rather than Shan descent, originally from South East Burma.

Here two fisherman take a break from their work and take some time out for a chat by bringing their boats together. I assume they're talking about the fish!

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trekks (14314) 2007-12-31 1:54

Happy 2008 to you, Arif!

I find this fishing scene very nicely composed to a BG of misty mountain view. Very real capture of the daily life in close range. Sharp and a good story to tell, like the tall net on the right. Except too bad we dont get to see fish harvest here. A good job! TFS

bill

macondo (13111) 2007-12-31 5:47

Hello Arifi.
A very nicely composed image of daily life.
Very peaceful atmosphere here, despite the troubles of the country. Perhaps you could increase the saturation and contrast a little bit. But very nice photo.
Happy new year to you.
Regards,
Andrew

rminkow (1566) 2007-12-31 20:11

Hi Arif. Very nice composition. Very balanced and pleasing.

Nice work.

Roger

lestans (15456) 2008-01-01 9:50

Hi Arif!

what an interesting picture!! Interesting way of fishing, intersting to see the two men mood: one is observing, the other one is doing something .
Very tiny boats!
Nice picture, thank you for sharing it

Best wishes!!

Livia

leo61 (43398) 2008-01-09 4:44

Hi Arif!
The last six days I spent at the lake and I loved it.
A good composition with the position of these two fishermen.
Greetings from Bagan,
Leo