Friday, August 15, 2014

The Weekend in Black and White

The happiest fisherman on Lake Inle /Myanmar. He gave us his biggest smile and seemed delighted to meet us.


The most common fish in the lake is called nag hpein or simply Inle Carp.


After more smiles and having a conversation in sign language ..


...he slowly went his way.







32 comments:

  1. Great series, and an excellent first photo. He looks as if he's always smiling.

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  2. He slowly went on his way ... leaving his reflection for your camera to play with. Beautiful pictures in many ways, Karen. I am headed your way on the 25th ... will be in the Zurich area and in Grindelwald through Sept. 8 ... would love to meet you over a cup of tea or coffee if you are available :)

    Andrea @ From The Sol

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  3. Wundervolle Fotos, er sieht sehr zufrieden aus, obwohl er wahrscheinlich ein hartes Leben hat.

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  4. Wunderbar, Karen! ;-)

    Schönes Wochenende!

    Gruß, Uwe.

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  5. O what a wonderful character with a beautiful smiling face.

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  6. Lovely shots, full of character. Like the reflection too

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  7. Great images and a fantastic face that tells a story on its own. Bon weekend.

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  8. His smile is countagious : I fell already smily myself... Very nice serie, and great sense of portrait art, well done.

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  9. Thanks for all your wonderful insights into Myanmar. I've always wanted to visit the country.

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  10. Great portrait in that top shot.

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  11. That is such a warm genuine smile. :)
    Nice series.

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  12. Love the series...but oh my...what a fabulous capture in that first photo! You nailed it!

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  13. what a great smile in the first photo!

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  14. I love his expression, it's priceless

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  15. Was für eine wunderbare Serie! Beeindruckend! Das Portrait zu Anfang ist brillant!

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  16. He looks very nice - great shots!

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  17. Fantastic shots. What a great smile.

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  18. He certainly is a very happy chappy :) What a lovely series of photographs, we hope to visit next year.
    Wren x

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  19. Loved the 3rd one the most...all are great though:)

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  20. Great pictures - I think I need to do more B/W - and great subject matter as well.

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  21. Großartig! Vorallem das letzte Foto. Und natürlich das Lächeln.

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  22. fantastic shots! THe black and white adds more atmosphere and gives me the feeling they could have been taken 50 years ago. :)

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  23. thank you for the kind comment on Bud’s picture of the basketball net. he is just starting his blog. he and I are both in awe of your awesome series of the fisherman this week. the detail you were able to capture is amazing....love the wrinkles under his eyes. kudos to you for a fine post.

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  24. Excellent black and white shots!

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  25. Beautiful series, and what a wonderful smile!

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  26. He looks like such a cheery fellow. Smile and the whole world smiles with you.

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  27. Einfach tolle Fotos! Beim Anblick des Mannes muss man selber lächeln. Er ist richtig ansteckend!
    Wünsch dir eine schöne Woche!

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  28. Fantastic series Karen! You're right, he looks like the most content fisherman. He looks too big for his little boat, but that doesn't seem to bother him. Happy with so little,... wonderful to see...

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  29. ... und er ist mal richtig gut gelaunt davongepaddelt!
    Coole Schwarz/Weiß Bilder, merci!!!

    P. S.: Ich bin so ein Glückskind - heute schon wieder kein Regen, nur Wolken! So kann's bleiben (okay, gegen ein paar Grad über 20 hätte ich jetzt nicht wirklich was ...)

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