The Art of fishing Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a photo taken in my hometown, or should I say homesea, homebeach, homefishing, whatever you feel like seeing. These were ephemeral instants of pure joy for me, nourishing precious souvenirs. The Art of fishing is still part of daily life in these latitudes.

Dedicated to Fred towards whom I'll never be thankful enough for his unconditional love.

AmiBe, designsoul, ribeiroantonio, luisafonso, Dpbours, eleparc, Clairedelune, toto has marked this note useful

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jalab_temen (1957) 2007-11-06 11:43

The love of the 'homesee' comes through this photo. You present not just the art of fishing, but the art of catching a perfect moment from a perfect POV of the art of fishing. Many thanks, Jalab

Polonaise (5636) 2007-11-06 11:45

Nothing short of a great, carefully composed and edited photography.

The sun was your friend in there Gal, and you knew how to use that powerful friend to its full capacity...

That element of exciting fear...?
The high pitch sound of constantly hungry seagulls...???

A music for my ears..

g.

AmiBe (6042) 2007-11-06 11:51

Wow Gal !
Et dire que certains s'achètent des optiques à 2000 € et ne sont pas capables de sortir des images pareils.
Comme quoi l'œil, il n'y a que ça qui compte ou presque.
J'aime beaucoup, les oiseaux ajoutent beaucoup à l'ambiance de bord de mer.
a+

Homerhomer (4005) 2007-11-06 12:27

ok, I see you and Fred have something special going on between the two of you, wonder if your wife knows anything about it;-)

As for the photo, man what's in the air today, first Sohrab and Animesh posting great photos, now you, I would say this may be one of your best photos ever. It has this Indian feel to it, I guess I am not sure how to express it correctly, my feeling is that for westeners european/north american photography appears even more challenging because the locations just don't seem very unique (generalizatin at it's best, but I hope you get the drift), yet here you have been able to include the special feeling of the east. I gather I am reading the photo much different from your intentions, that's all right, I see where you are coming from (as a photographer, and as a man coming back to his homeland to experience the growing up again), me as a observer I am able to absorb it to some degree and place it without any borders, globally if you will.

Your treatment of light is fantastic.
Special work here, really mean it, and I am not the one who says that too often (perhaps I am in the good mood today, and everything looks beautifull).

Peter

fryz (1727) 2007-11-06 12:35

dans l'ambiance avec une bonne gestion du contre jour
a+ Gal
Vincent

Traczewska (7127) 2007-11-06 12:35

Superb! Intriguing with birds flying above.. shot created by shadows and sparkling light. Bravo!
with regards, Agnieszka

Iva_R (1296) 2007-11-06 12:41

Bonsoir Gal,
Un superbe contre-jour, où l'envolée d'oiseaux donne une note bien particulière et très dynamique. Ta photo donne à rêver de mer et de bons poissons à déguster...
Amitiés
Iva

ninaL (19530) 2007-11-06 12:47

Salut, Gal.
J'aime beaucoup cette prise à contre-jour et cette compo bien dynamique.
Et plus particulièrement : l'homme au milieu et trois autres montant "en escalier" sur la droite.
Sinon, une belle scène...l'ambiance est bien rendue.
Amitiés, Grazyna.

MarcT (21099) 2007-11-06 12:52

Salut Gal,
très belle image, espaces bien occupés et un contre-jour très utile pour garder essentiellement des silhouettes
Cordialement
Marc

mesutilgim (36839) 2007-11-06 12:53

Hi Gal,
Wonderfull b&w capture. Very good pov and very nice compo. Perfect graphical effect with the silhouettes of the fishers.
Congratulations and TFS
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

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everlasting (10898) 2007-11-06 13:19

Amazing Gal, whereas the sun here should have been your nightmare you use it to its advantage. Such subtle tones and perfectly composed.

Philippe (11775) 2007-11-06 14:01

Bonjour, Gal. Très belle ambiance dans cette photo. L'agitation est partout: chez les pêcheurs qui trient le poisson et chez les mouettes qui attendent pour s'en emparer. Le contre-jour permet de réaliser de belles silhouettes.

robiuk (10763) 2007-11-06 14:03

So many fish, so many gulls, so
many fishermen... in a lovely
semi-silhouetted composition
filling the frame under what it
looks like a scorching sun.
A nice painting of Setubal and
a reminder of your hometown and a
hometown of one of my precious
young friends... thank you, Gal!
Robi

vagabondtravels (6113) 2007-11-06 15:31

Hi Gal

Great back light. The birds around the men working make the scene. Excellent b&w.
Ben

CaptainJack (0) 2007-11-06 16:10

Hello Gal - must be wonderful to live so close to such a still vibrant fishing industry in your hometown. This B&W conversation is so well suited to this scene of sun and dark shadows. The eerie feeling of the birds overhead make it seems a lot darker than this scene probably really is, they remind me of circling vultures. :)

designsoul (21394) 2007-11-06 18:47

Aaaaah, Gal, this is photography in its finest. Now after I have put it in my private favs, I should say something to justify my awe, and am pretty lost for the right words; is it the bright contrasty light, the endless stream of gulls, the fishermen going about their work under the heat of the sun dial that create such a powerful atmosphere? Is it perhaps our birthplace that inescapably connect us with the land/sea of childhood that speaks here so eloquently? Be what it may, it is a phenomenal image... I can smell the fish, hear the birds... and yes, what Peter says, it does have an Indian feel to it. I myself had to check where the shot had been taken...
warmly
sasa

ribeiroantonio (21917) 2007-11-06 21:15

É extraordinário ver como conseguiste captar uma actividade tão intensa de pessoas e gaivotas, tudo ao mesmo tempo. São momentos raros como este que fazem uma fotografia se tornar numa obra de arte. E para mim, isto é um verdadeiro exemplo do que uma foto deve ser. Passa a fazer parte das minhas preferidas. Obrigado.

venslens (436) 2007-11-06 22:07

WOW WOW WOW...i am envied... ;-) looks like a snap from "BARACKA"...good work.the fluttering birds add a magical touch to the photogrpah giving it a feeling of movement and also the guy with a leg bent gives a good movement to the photograph.great!!!

jjcordier (24674) 2007-11-06 23:26

Excellente photo noir et blanc, à la fois artistique et documentaire. Du grand art, Gal!
Amicalement
JJ

faubry (32299) 2007-11-07 1:19

bonjour Gal, cette photo me fait penser a sohrab... un tres beau contrejour en BW,un superbe jeu du soleil qui vient se refleter sur les poissons et leur donnant des reflets argentes.. une tres tres belle photo, felicitations
francine

Furachan (0) 2007-11-07 2:20

Great POV here and an unusual departure from your masterful use of the vertical. You plunge us right in the fishing scene. Lovely to see you working you home turf - I feel something more visceral here, my friend, less celebral than your Geneva pics.
In any case, beautiful work.
Cheers,
Francis

luisafonso (858) 2007-11-07 2:51

Muito bom Gal. Uma imagem tipicamente portuguesa. Faz-me lembrar Gageiro. Não sei porquê, mas faz. A forma como este rio de luz aqui ao centro corre sobre as sardinhas está demais. Isso e o emaranhado de gaivotas a pairar sobre a acção. Um dia vou ser capaz de fazer destas coisas. Ou talvez não...

Foi uma pena não ter dado para nos encontrarmos, mas percebo que tenhas tido mais em que pensar. Fica para outra oportunidade.

Rinie_Hoff (9332) 2007-11-07 3:06

Hi Gal, it's so nice to run into you and one of your photos. I hope you are doing well.
The photo and the note just say that this is still where your heart is, and I am touched by that. Fishing still requires a lot of hands here, and I like these silhouettes with all the birds trying to find something too. very nice.
All the best, Rinie

sayan (2609) 2007-11-07 3:11

Hi Gal,

it is an extremely well composed post. The sun was beautifully captured. looks great in b/w.

regards

sayan

Dpbours (220) 2007-11-07 3:25

Hi Gal,

The seaguls in the background surely know everything about the art of fishing ;-). Great shot, I can just smell the sweat, the sea and here the seaguls creaming. Nice.

Greetings,
Dennis

vapours (7913) 2007-11-07 4:22

Love it Gal, so much in silhouette yet so much detail shown...we can even pretty much guess each persons facial expression. One of the best images Ive seen this year.

ndb1958 (9248) 2007-11-07 7:45

Hi Gal, a great shot against the sunlight. Amazing all these silhouettes, specially all these birds. Great composition, Nino.

markoci (3917) 2007-11-07 8:22

indeed what a great day for photos on te! best silhouette image here for quite a while.. strangely i also would've guessed india for a location (i think sohrab's to blame, it must be the gulls :-)..)... man i miss that kind of sun here in taiwan sometimes... how come they were so busy at 6pm, isn't fishing mostly a morning thing?

eleparc (24059) 2007-11-07 11:47

Salut Gal,

cette photo dégage vraiment quelque chose de fort! ces reflets sur les poissons, ces oiseaux fous de voir toute cette nourriture sous leurs yeux et ils veulent clamer leur part du butin... j'aime aussi ces silhouettes en cotnre jour qui apporte une densité humaine à l'ensemble:-) Bref je suis fan!
Eric

Clairedelune (4885) 2007-11-07 15:55

C'est sublime Gal. Vraiment très réussi à mon humble avis. Ce genre de situations peut tellement donner de mauvais résultats avec le soleil en plein front et l'action qui se passe malgré tout bien devant nous. Non seulement tu t'en es bien sorti, mais tu l'as fait avec art et connaissance.
Le seul aspect qui me plaît dans la version couleurs, se sont les boîtes rouges qui ont un petit quelque chose d'attirant, mais j'entérine totalement ton choix du noir & blanc.
Ces ombres d'humains vaquant à leur occupation, ce serait déjà excellent, mais cette "marée" d'oiseaux, je trouve que ça ajoute une dimension supplémentaire qui fait passer cette photo dans la catégorie "Art".
Claire

dilane (10259) 2007-11-08 8:54

Superbe démonstration - Ce soleil que l'on peut regarder sans se faire mal aux yeux !la scène est magnifique, il y a du mouvement du côté des hommes comme dans le vol des oiseaux -j'ai regardé le WS, il est super chouette aussi puisqu'il conserve les silhouettes ne laissait apparaitre en couleur que le rouge des bacs et le bleu du ciel - à vrai dire je ne sais pas choisir, j'aime les deux versions - bravo -
daniel

smash2707 (2516) 2007-11-08 17:53

Hi, Gal. Stunning silhouettes in B&W. I love the action you captured from a good POV. Regards, Yvonne

Oldtree (2457) 2007-11-08 22:27

Delightful photo. I love it...
(That's not exactly a detailed critic, but anything else has been said before...)

toto (18709) 2007-11-11 5:33

Belle photo en NB de ces hommes en ombre chinoise et derrière, presque sur eux ces oiseaux a la fête qui glanent les restes de cette pêche miraculeuse et providentielle pour eux. Belle luminosité et très bons détails de la scène.
Amitiés Thomas

mdetay (4305) 2007-11-11 23:51

Hi Gal,
Long time no see.
Great capture my friend.
Well done. Congratulation.
Cheers.
Michel

atlantida (2323) 2007-11-12 10:48

Hey Gal<
I won't be poetical nor metaphorical, I can say that u've done a master piece here, too much life going on there (ok half life if I consider the fish are not that alive anymore) it's just beautiful, I'm trying not to feel the smell of the fish. Very dynamical shot, it has woken up all of my senses.
Stay well
Gordana

rbcy1974 (20742) 2007-11-15 3:45

Ola Gal
We missed each other by a couple of days.
What a wonderful scene, great angle and nice wapture agaisnt the sun,
the silhuetes are very sharp and you have captured their activity succesfully
well done
Regards
Daniel

yanseiler (20) 2007-12-02 14:37

elle est superbe cette photo, les bords bien fermés,cette silhouette en plein déplacement et tous ces pigeons :) pour bien remplir le ciel...

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wolf38 (12823) 2008-01-05 0:15

Hello Gal. Fisher. Birds. Sky. A classical black-and-white picture. Wonderful light and contrasts. Strong graphic effect. A photo of the superlative. Outstanding. Best regards, Wolfgang.