Lang Co—my youth lagoon /10/ Photo

Photographer’s Note

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This is another scene of the daily life of Lang Co villagers.

Lang Co is a peaceful, quiet, clean beautiful beach with white sand and palm lines for those who come to visit. Although the commune has been upgraded to “town”, the residents still face the poverty. Lang Co has a large lagoon as safe refuge for boats in typhoon season, but they do not have boat big enough to stay overnight over the ocean. They only have smallest size of boat that fits a team of 5 maximum. The majority of boats is one-man size without engine: this limits the working distance, the duration of actual fishing time and the carrying capacity. Without investment, there is not much different 32 years after the guns silenced. Without improvement, Lang Co fishing “industry” is on its way to classic days when the boat and the fisher are perfect subjects for poetry and novel in an utopian society.

For more info on this location, please refer to the notes in this theme. Thanks.

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gpsony (478) 2007-05-10 5:36

Hi Thanh,

Very nice shot you have here. The water sparkling with the sun's rays, the boatment silhouetted, the backwaters merging with the sea in the background. Superb atmosphere.

Very good choice of B&W. Curious to see the colour version. Can you post a WS?

Congrats.

Cheers,
Guru

Flamboyant (0) 2007-05-10 9:40

Very interesting picture.
It's light with backlight sparkling in a dark scene. It's a dark afternoon but indeed the ray of sunshine reflecting on the water are so light. It's a mixture of half true half false.
TFS,

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mikecone (15) 2007-05-11 11:02