Mirror in the sand by Hélène David-Cuny
Hélène David-Cuny

Mirror in the sand by

Failaka island – Kuwait
Fishermen collecting their daily booty from a fish trap next to the beach, early morning.

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sea, beach, fishermen, arabia, kuwait, failaka, low tide, fish trap, arabian gulf

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  • Peter Hammer
    Peter Hammerover 2 years ago

    This is a very nice image Helene, There is another image here if you crop the left half off and then crop a bit from the top and bottom. I’d up the saturation on the yellow figures.

  • Thank you Peter ! (the yellow has already been saturated; it was really a dull misty morning…)

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Gary Gurr
    Gary Gurrover 2 years ago

    Yes, nice work Helene, love the lines in this image

  • Thank you Gary !

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • clickinhistory
    clickinhistoryover 2 years ago

    You really do need to look at this large to get the full impact and detail.. almost like some surrealist painting in many ways

  • Thank you Richard for that comment. The mist had made me doubt the picture would come out but it actually gave a kind of “brush” feel to this…

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Fred Mitchell
    Fred Mitchellover 2 years ago

    They were clever people working out how to catch fish with those fence things. You tell the story very well as is. It is impressive seen large.

  • Such fish traps can be recognized on prehistoric rock art pictures in some places in the Middle East, this history is not new, but now only a few indian employees fishermen still maintain the tradition while more and more of the shore is turned into private baches and marinas, leaving less space for the traditional fishing activities and more to massive importation of frozen fish from elsewhere…

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Tempe
    Tempeover 2 years ago

    different reflection, very strong image, well done. and congrats on your feature in LIGHT AND REFLECTION GROUP

  • Thank you very much Tempe !

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Lozzar Flowers & Art
    Lozzar Flowers...over 2 years ago

    I love how the yellow is that little touch of color that makes it all work. Great photography.

  • Thank you Lorraine !

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Eyal Nahmias
    Eyal Nahmiasover 2 years ago

    Thanks for sharing with the Art of the Middle East group.

  • Thank you Eyal !

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Anna  Ellis
    Anna Ellisover 2 years ago

    lovely image, very interesting…

  • Thank you Anna !

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Bluesrose
    Bluesroseover 2 years ago

    I never seen anything like this… fantastic abstract life scene!

  • They use such things all around Arabia and I think also in the Pacific islands, the least energy consumming way to fish, but only for small scale local cosumption… Thank you Bluesrose !

    – Hélène David-Cuny

  • Bruce  Dickson
    Bruce Dicksonover 2 years ago

    Great shot

  • Thank you Bruce !

    – Hélène David-Cuny