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Oct 14, '08 5:26 PM
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Pictures shot on my second trip to the Rangamati lake. This is my second crack at shooting the lake at dawn. The only difference is that this time I was prepared to take to the water a good hour before sunrise. The result was breathtaking, whatever notion I had beforehand was blown away by the sheer volume of visual stimuli generated by my optical apperatus...

Dawn
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Pre-dawn
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Trodding Before Sunrise
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Chugging Along In The Dark
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First-light

Sunrise
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Father and Son
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Hiding Among The Clouds

Sailors Of The Dawn
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Sunrise At Suvalang Channel

Ahoy There!!

House In The Hills

Among The Clouds

Lonely Metal Caster
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Golden Years
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What Is Beyond
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Rowing At Pace
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Net Caster
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Fising At Sunset
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Sunset
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Tags: rangamati, lake, cultures

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kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

lovely!

kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

love this one.. feels like I am on that boat!!

kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

love the orange sky.. and the reflection too!

kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

wow awesome!!!

kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

nice framing!!

kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

oh cute...

kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

this one is so beautiful too!!

kidae71 wrote on Oct 15, '08

wow! mighty sun!! great captured!!

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

Thanks, I hurried on to the boat for this handheld, time was precious and could not afford to waste a single minute for a tripod shot...

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

kidae71 said

love this one.. feels like I am on that boat!!

I'm about 5'8" tall, as far as I know, it could easily have been you standing out there instead of me... Cheers my friend!!!

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

kidae71 said

love the orange sky.. and the reflection too!

Thanks Esther, I used a soft tobacco grad filter for this one... lovely place, ain't it? Believe me, I can still feel the rush as I try to recollect my thoughts!!

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

kidae71 said

wow awesome!!!

Thanks, a classic father and son moment...

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

kidae71 said

nice framing!!

Thanks again, I bet she'd be at least a hundred... I don't think she could see me that well.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

kidae71 said

oh cute...

*hehe, ya, she started yawning by the time it got to the next frame!!

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

kidae71 said

this one is so beautiful too!!

Glad that I was able to capture the splash from the oar, a group of native fisherman returning from a hard days work.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 15, '08

kidae71 said

wow! mighty sun!! great captured!!

Thanks Esther, you're always an inspiration... they've built a very primitive type of lever on top of a makeshift platform to reel in the large fishing net.

2m79 wrote on Oct 17, '08

i love this shot...looking at the far end of the land...awesome!

2m79 wrote on Oct 17, '08

beautiful..awesome shot!

2m79 wrote on Oct 17, '08

i love this...so cool and awesome!

2m79 wrote on Oct 17, '08

wow so unique and artistic...awesome shot!

2m79 wrote on Oct 17, '08

i love this...so beautiful..i can feel the cool air in this shot!

2m79 wrote on Oct 17, '08

beautiful...excellent shot!

2m79 wrote on Oct 17, '08

i love this too...beautiful and artistic!

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 17, '08

2m79 said

i love this shot...looking at the far end of the land...awesome!

Thanks Miriam, I had to crop in tight to get the detail and perspective for this one, the colors are truly awesome in this part of the day...

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 17, '08

2m79 said

i love this...so cool and awesome!

Thanks, this is a handheld from the bow. I chose a higher shutter speed to freeze the moment, and i wouldn't dare to prop up the ISO in my three year old camera (anything above 400 generates unmanageable noise)... hence the lack of apparent detail in the shot.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 17, '08

2m79 said

wow so unique and artistic...awesome shot!

yes, it's interesting to see how skills are passed from one generation to the next... and hectic, considering how early it was in the morning.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 17, '08

2m79 said

i love this...so beautiful..i can feel the cool air in this shot!

Thanks, I had just propped up my tripod as these boatmen went past. We're still in the early days of Autumn, the last vestiges of the monsoon would soon be gone and humidity will fall to tolerable levels. It's very pleasent in the mornings, just about right for a enjoyable walk down the valley.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 17, '08

2m79 said

beautiful...excellent shot!

Thanks my friend, he's a blacksmith, yes it's true, believe it or not, people here are still dependent on local metal workers for their tools and cutting equipment... iron works and crude alloy making skills are abundant.

ojietorre wrote on Oct 17, '08

i like this.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 18, '08

ojietorre said

i like this.

Thank you.

kai1981 wrote on Oct 20, '08

Very nice view
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kai1981 wrote on Oct 20, '08

Nice pic
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kai1981 wrote on Oct 20, '08

Great
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flyingzypher wrote on Oct 21, '08

kai1981 said

Very nice view
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Truly, it was a amazing experience, i'll remember it for a long time.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 21, '08

kai1981 said

Nice pic
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Thanks, it was a handheld from the bow, sunrise was still a long way off, an event exacerbated by the low clouds and the hills in the background.

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 21, '08

kai1981 said

Great
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Thanks, it's actually a makeshift platform made by the local fishermen that employs a primitive lever that reels in a large net.

ownedesign wrote on Oct 21, '08

looks so natural..nice!

flyingzypher wrote on Oct 21, '08

ownedesign said

looks so natural..nice!

True, although, fishing has not been one of the mainstays of tribal culture, it's only when the lake was created (back in the 60's) that the native population was forced to look for alternatives to agriculture. The bengali population that has subsequently settled in the surrounding lands have also turned to fishing as wet rice agriculture is unviable in lands that have a slope >15*.

2m79 wrote on Nov 2, '08

awesome shot ...really breath-taking!

flyingzypher wrote on Nov 13, '08

2m79 said

awesome shot ...really breath-taking!

Thanks Miriam, I really appreciate you dropping by once in a while, what r u upto these days? This one is a handheld from the bow, i had to use a faster shutter speed to even-out the motion blurr... hence the underexposure, you gotta give something to gain something!!!

filipeantunes wrote on Nov 13, '08

Fantastic.

flyingzypher wrote on Nov 17, '08

filipeantunes said

Fantastic.

Thank you, I shot at the rate of about a shot at every second until I got this right, a truly fleeting moment.

kulitzinsane wrote on Nov 17, '08, edited on Nov 17, '08

i love this photo...great details of the subject....nice work sir...:-)

flyingzypher wrote on Nov 18, '08

kulitzinsane said

i love this photo...great details of the subject....nice work sir...:-)

Thank you, ;-D ...this was shot with a 300mm nikkor, there was still some diffused light (reflected by the water) to get a bit of detail on the subject.

babyniding wrote on Nov 29, '08

You have an eye of a great photographer. You got all perfect shots. Bravo!!

flyingzypher wrote on Nov 30, '08

babyniding said

You have an eye of a great photographer. You got all perfect shots. Bravo!!

Thank you, I am really greatful for your confidence in me, I will try my best to improve.

egluna wrote on Jan 16, '09

Lovely artistic set. All the photos are made with educated taste. Master of silence

flyingzypher wrote on Jan 16, '09

egluna said

Lovely artistic set. All the photos are made with educated taste. Master of silence

Thanks Egle, I really appreciate your feedback, I'm trying my best to improve.

grabado wrote on Feb 14, '09

flyingzypher said

Thank you, I shot at the rate of about a shot at every second until I got this right, a truly fleeting moment.

Now I can totally relate to that. Good job Zia :)

flyingzypher wrote on Feb 14, '09

grabado said

Now I can totally relate to that. Good job Zia :)

Thanks, Josh. I had precious little time to compose, the lighting condition changes so fast at this hour. I was also shooting from a boat, therefore, very little time to identify and then act on my impulses.

watersign15 wrote on Feb 16, '09

superb shots...

flyingzypher wrote on Feb 16, '09

Thank you, I really appreciate it.

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