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A fisherman doing equilibrium during the sunset.
Inle Lake, Myanmar.

A fisherman doing equilibrium during the sunset.
Inle Lake, Myanmar.
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upload_dateJan, 2016

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4 Comments |
NatureLoverJJWal
 
NatureLoverJJWal January 16, 2016
Really nice!
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 January 18, 2016
Great shot !
IanB PRO
 
IanB June 09, 2016
Superb! Congratulations on your award.
takeoneshotatatime
 
takeoneshotatatime July 27, 2016
Amazing photo.

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#myanmar #burma #Inle Lake #lake #fisherman #sunset #clouds #silhouette
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in Inle Lake while doing a trip around Myanmar.

Time

During the sunset

Lighting

I did not have a flash with me so taking a clear picture of the fisherman was going to be highly difficult having the sun behind him. Because of that, I decided to play with his silhouette taking the picture when the sun had just disappeared behind the mountains.

Equipment

I used a Sony a7r with a Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA. This was my first lens for this camera because it provides pretty nice quality in such small size.

Inspiration

I was taking pictures of the sunset from a canoe when I saw the fisherman approaching just in front of me. It was a lucky break that I had to take advantage of ;)

Editing

I always do my post-processing with Lightzone. This time I basically enhanced the colors to stand out the sunset.

In my camera bag

I am a travel photographer so weight is an important handicap to take in account. Because of that, I jumped to the full frame mirror-less world with a Sony a7r which gives me a high quality with a pretty good weight and dimensions. At the beggining, I got a Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA which gives amazing results with such small size. However, I soon realized that it was far to cover my needs. It was not enough wide for landscapes and, as a prime lens, I didn't get the advantages of any zoom. Because of that, I finally acquired the Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS. As in any zoom lens I lost a bit of quality but I got all the advantages that such a wide range lens gives you. I recently got a light tripod (Silk SBH-100 DQ N) which is small and stable enough to take it with me for long walks. Besides that, I always bring with me a couple of filters: - CPL filter: which is quite helpful for bright days, to enhance colors in vegetation and to avoid reflections in come compositions - ND Filter: to play with long exposure pictures

Feedback

Myanmar is (still) not a popular tourist destination which makes it a wonderful country to take 'authentic' pictures. The country has not experienced a big change due to the tourism so you don't have that feeling where it's difficult not to see a bunch of tourists wherever you go. In this specific case, you can rent a canoe to visit the floating villages around the lake and then just wait to see the sunset close to the fishermen which are likely to pose for you.

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