Dr. Isaac Vaisman, APSA, PPSA  


Mekong River by Dr. Isaac Vaisman, APSA, PPSA

January 2025 - Mekong River

January 2025 - Dr. Isaac Vaisman, APSA, PPSA

Original

January 2025 - Dr. Isaac Vaisman, APSA, PPSA

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About the Image(s)

We went on a Southeast Asia cruise trip a few years ago. While navigating upstream the Mekong River towards Ho Chi Min city in Vietnam I noticed these wooden poles set in a row and secured and anchored by multiple ropes. Interesting to note the presence of Triangular structures, two on each set of poles and with people inside. On most of the sets of poles I saw fishing boats near or tied to the poles. I have done some research about them but could not find any information. I am not sure if these are fishing nets attached to them, or these are just stopping and resting spots for the fishermen or perhaps living quarters. The image was created using a Nikon D850 with the prime lens 70-200 mm f/2.8 and with a 2x TC (Max 400 mm) at 320 mm and with these settings: ISO 400, f/10 and 1/1250 sec .
The image was corrected for white balance, clarity, added some light to the shadows and cropped it. The original to show the interaction of the fishermen on the boat and the ones on their resting spot, is a much tighter crop (Original).


1 comment posted




Alan Lichtenstein   Alan Lichtenstein
Isaac, I like this image. I would have cropped it a tad more at the right and the top. You indicate you corrected the white balance, but as compared to the original, it appears your correction made the water muddier. Regardless muddy waters don't detract from the image. I've been to the Mekong and the waters aren't particularly clear, so when I viewed the image, I had no problem with the muddy waters.

Happy New Year.   Posted: 01/01/2025 05:20:12



 

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