Bengladeshi fishermen collect their catch in the fishtrap at the end of a cloudy day. Only the best fish are chosen, all the small ones are discarded and left behind for anyone who is interested, first of all the cats on the lookout around…
Fabulous capture, Hélène! I love the light, interesting narrative, too.
(Those small fish look perfectly good enough to eat!)
They are ! We had some last week. But these fishermen just take what they need for their personnal needs, not enough people on the island to make local trade out of fishing… (they work here on repairing buildings or taking care of the boats of the few Kuwaitis who come here for the weekend). And the light on these cloudy days is always interesting…
Perfect workaday, world-away shot, Helene. Fine image.
I bet your grandmothers could have taken the same shot when they came to Kuwait (I bet they came, with their crinolines and donkeys, but they did not make a story of it as they found it much less picturesque than Ireland… ;-)
Great capture. Your post processing is perfect for this type of mood and atmosphere.. Seems like a new direction in how you present your images. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing with the Art of the Middle East group.
Thank you Eyal, I try to adjust to the mood of any thing happening in front of my camera…
so did you beat the cats to the freebies? ;) Love the stance of the guy on the harbour wall above
No time for that, was running after the first guy to ask him in which fashion mall he bought his fabulously elegant white boots ! (but the guy/bird of prey on the jetty was about to compete with the cats, he came down when the fishermen had left…)
Wonderful capture , Hélène ! The sky looks veiled…which perhaps makes the light so special ! (I had a look at Falaika Island via Google Earth , very informative ! And nice to know in what area you’re making your pictures :-)) !
Thank you Anne, yes the sky was veiled, very often in this season, (unlike the cristal like skies of the winter), hazy either from dust of heat. So you’ve seen how big is my little world at the moment…
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Fabulous capture, Hélène! I love the light, interesting narrative, too.
(Those small fish look perfectly good enough to eat!)
They are ! We had some last week. But these fishermen just take what they need for their personnal needs, not enough people on the island to make local trade out of fishing… (they work here on repairing buildings or taking care of the boats of the few Kuwaitis who come here for the weekend). And the light on these cloudy days is always interesting…
– Hélène David-Cuny
Great capture!
Thank you Helua !
– Hélène David-Cuny
Captured well Helene.
Thank you Lorraine !
– Hélène David-Cuny
great shot
Thank you Julie !
– Hélène David-Cuny
Perfect workaday, world-away shot, Helene. Fine image.
I bet your grandmothers could have taken the same shot when they came to Kuwait (I bet they came, with their crinolines and donkeys, but they did not make a story of it as they found it much less picturesque than Ireland… ;-)
– Hélène David-Cuny
Great capture. Your post processing is perfect for this type of mood and atmosphere.. Seems like a new direction in how you present your images. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing with the Art of the Middle East group.
Thank you Eyal, I try to adjust to the mood of any thing happening in front of my camera…
– Hélène David-Cuny
A great slice of life Helene. An undignified end for the poor discarded fish but the local cats must be happy!
Thank you Georgie, natural charity for all the community, including cats !
– Hélène David-Cuny
so did you beat the cats to the freebies? ;) Love the stance of the guy on the harbour wall above
No time for that, was running after the first guy to ask him in which fashion mall he bought his fabulously elegant white boots !
(but the guy/bird of prey on the jetty was about to compete with the cats, he came down when the fishermen had left…)
– Hélène David-Cuny
Wonderful capture , Hélène ! The sky looks veiled…which perhaps makes the light so special ! (I had a look at Falaika Island via Google Earth , very informative ! And nice to know in what area you’re making your pictures :-)) !
Thank you Anne, yes the sky was veiled, very often in this season, (unlike the cristal like skies of the winter), hazy either from dust of heat. So you’ve seen how big is my little world at the moment…
– Hélène David-Cuny
Fascinating shot. They must have a surplus of fish here.
This place was famous for exporting fresh fish all over Arabia until oil exploitation started, now they they don’t care… Thank you Rodeorose !
– Hélène David-Cuny