Fisherman's wharf (man vs. nature)

Giacometti?

The sea was raging.

<-- Tanah Lot is about 120 degrees to the left from here, exactly opposite the cliff on which the fisherman is.

I had not even thought of it, but can now see the resemblance.

Fisherman's wharf (man vs. nature) by ... Arjun.

Even as the storm was coming in he continued with his fishing.

I was lucky as I broke into a run after taking this shot and managed to prevent my precious camera and equipment from getting drenched. Hope he managed some shelter too.

This is the cliff opposite the famous Tanah Lot temple.

Bali, Indonesia
2006

Arjun Purkayastha • travel & fine art photography •

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lui lui says:

fantastic picture.
my congratulation!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

original_ann says:

Really nice.
I love how you kept so much of the sky in frame - -really allows us to see how small everything else really is, in perspective to it.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

(Rimbaudian) says:

this is a masterpiece!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

jot.de says:

absolutly great!!! I can almost see the storm comming at me. The fisherman on the cliff is then the detail that makes it even more special. Like (Rimbaudian) said: a masterpiece!!!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Black_Hat says:

Amazing -- superb capture of water movement, silhouettes and storm clouds. Very moody - keep your amazing shots coming!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

babasteve says:

great shot...
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

c.zwerg says:

Amazing and great shot - beautiful light and composition, perfect!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Gallerie de Carol says:

excellent composition, really captured a moment!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

art director says:

great density ratio>nature - man!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

heavenuphere says:

great scenery, that silhouette is perfect :)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Abhinav Varma says:

nice.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Rettop says:

This is really nice Arjun. I love the mood and the colors ...
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

hugue [deleted] says:

it's a wonderful composition!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

kumo36 says:

great!! what a great scene... a masterpiece!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Darren C. says:

Everything about it is nice. Love the motion of the water.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Arindam Thokder says:

Excellent framming and dramatic sky.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

This American Wife says:

that first line in your descriptions sounds as though it could be the beginning of a great poem. i love your stories.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

lilanga_tanza says:

you are able to catch the moment in which nature & man meet an a spiritual mood of the soul so: special! thanks fot it:)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

CélineM says:

Wonderful !!!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Lalalian says:

Spectacular!!! Such a wonderful image.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

min' says:

Beautiful shot and title!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

This is absolutely gorgeous, Arjun!

The vastness of the sky, and the smallness of the fisherman's figure relative to the sky, is simply breathtaking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

kulkuri says:

Fantastic, wonderful light and colors!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

kriani says:

brilliant capture!
lighting is wonderful!

and love the title too!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

gavface says:

wow , i love the scale and mood of this.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Lida Rose says:

Magnificent!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

isolano. says:

Love the sepia tones in this!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Vegard Behrns Houmb [deleted] says:

Wonderful photo, Arjun, I really like the mood and the sense of scale that the man gives to the picture.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

~Reshma~ says:

lovely" Like the expanse and the mood. The human subject makes it special.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

capsicina says:

wow gold landscape. great shot
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

.zack! says:

This is ever so beautiful!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Catherine Reyes says:

Truly majestic... and such beautiful golden tones. Well done!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

brighter than sunshine says:

i love the captured moment...the color just adds to the mood of the impending storm, but the figure in motion is just right!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Sergio Lubezky says:

Thank you for rating and posting in the 100 Points group!!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

photofool says:

fantastic shot! love the composition. wonderful use of space. the color tones work very well here.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Odge says:

ace the colour works well .(1-2-3)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

littlelakey says:

fantastic image ...and the story is wonderful
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

>>Jass<< says:

GREAT WORK dude! Instant Favourite Material .... :)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Keith Yeung says:

Beautiful shot!
1-2-3
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Haciendo clack says:

Fantástica captura. 123
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

rajii says:

excellent..it talks so much.. loved it
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

acampm1 says:

Wonderful composition.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

>Sandy< says:

WOW, love all the space in this photo. Wonderful capture!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Gauri V says:

amazing catch and colour!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

maesk says:

A fabulous shot!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Luc.. says:

amazing!!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

ShawnXian (Busy trying to Heal) says:

O! This really is SUPERB!!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

fiat luxe says:

Gorgeous. Love the drama of the sea and the figure. Love the tones. Is this a duotone?

Rating #1:

Rated 9 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

aumbody images says:

Wow, This is fabulous. I love the composition and the gold is marvellous:)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

kool_skatkat says:

this picture has so much drama.. the high contrast, the raging waters, the small human against the big rocks... it works great.

Rating #2:

Rated 9 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

lorien_PL says:

like an illustration to the Hemingway's book!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Romi S. says:

I love the orange all around,and the raging sea is wonderful.It really gives me a good feeling looking at it,calming and soothing,while very pleasant to the eye.

Rating #3:

Rated 9 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

lakshmi.prabhala says:

Like the drama of the sky as well as the waves. The dimensions are great in this huge expanse with the human element adding context and a sense of scale.
My nit would be the tones and a rather squarish crop!
Rating #4:

Rated 8 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Maxey says:

Amazing shot, nice tones and colors. The picture is a little grainy but in this case it isn't realy disturbing.

Rating #4:

Rated 9 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Sergio Lubezky says:

100 Points Next one is Rating #6
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Kyríl says:

Rating #6:
So much is going on on that picture. and what that tiny figure is doing up there?

Rated 7 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

champy1013 says:

Interesting tones, and great capture of the subject. The grainy appearance adds to this shot, and the framing of a big sky is perfect for the dark figures you have in the foreground of the picture.

Nice shot.

Rating #6:

Rated 8 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

obiknobi says:

Great shot!! love the tones and the composition (little man fishing!!). Only remark I have square crop which makes that there is a lot of clouds in the picture.

Rating #8:

Rated 9 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Nick Owen's Poetry and Pictures says:

Rating #9:

Rated 9 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.

I like this a lot. I love the sepia tones.
It is a very unusual composition. It seems not to balance but by focusing on the waves and the figure fishing it works very well.

Not quite a ten, but getting close, though I am not really sure what would improve it.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Molly Merrick says:

Nice shots and amazing tones here.
Why did you choose sepia instead of black and white? I think the later would be more effective.
Also, if you can, I'd dodge out the rocks a bit. They're so black right now and I'm sure there are some tones hiding in there.

Rating #10:

Rated 8 out of 10 in the 100 Points group.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Sergio Lubezky says:

Final rating in the 100 Points group is a massive 85 Points.

Well done!

Please request entry and publish this photograph in the 80-89 Points group and thank you very much for participating in the 100 Points group!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

chrisfawkes.com says:

Like all your work, amazing!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

akiruna says:

Great capture and lighting here as always!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Green Putty In My Armpit says:

Good capture. Got the shot at the right moment and the sense of scale is very good.

In terms of composition, there seems to be heaps of empty space which don't seem to add to the image. I believe more of the sky and sea can be cropped out to focus more on the person. PP wise, there seems to be too much sepia which affects the contrast of the image.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Oliver Lavery says:

Very dramatic image. I like the composition, personally, it's unconventional but all the more interesting for it. Perhaps you could crop it more, but there's a pleasing balance I feel in this that you might lose. You might crop a little off the top to make it a perfect square.

The toning is a little wierd, the whites are very colored. It's not bad though, the golden color definitely adds to the impact of the image.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6/7 ranking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Nil! says:

wonderful backlight!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

_rebecca_ says:

This composition works as is in my mind. The vastness of the sky enhances the sense of scale. That little person with his arms upraised seems all the more dwarfed by the grandness of his surroundings for it.

In fact, I can't see anything to make suggestions on. Well done all around. :)

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6.5/7 ranking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

tomato umlaut says:

Dramatic, but a little helter-skelter. Of course, your comments explain why. Given that, rather well done.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Nuno Leitao says:

Lovely composition overall. I am not too keen on sepia tones but in this case it works quite well.
I love the way the clouds seem to be forming waves!

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 7/7 ranking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

ChunukBair says:

I tried to find imperfection in this picture, was trying to find a reason to mark this 0.5 lower, but could not find anything wrong with it.

I love pictures where the scale of nature over man is shown, the brooding clouds overhead, and the mountains in the background.

Never quite sure of sepia as a colouring, but in this shot it works so well.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 7/7 ranking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

(Rimbaudian) says:

I keep coming back to this awesome shot!

Please post this photo with Search the Best
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

MiRea says:

Excellent capture, like the scale the fisherman gives to the shot. Composition is good, though, might be interesting to chop about an inch off the top to see what that gives.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6/7 ranking.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

JuanJ says:

Congratulations!

Ditching the highest and lowest score you get a total of 30.5 out of 35 in the MiRea's Realm Group.

There is no higher place your picture ever wanted to be!

You are invited to post your pic in MiRea's Realm Sanctuary
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

a COWsignal from outer space says:

this shoud be 1000
:-)
brilliant image
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

miss_kcc says:

dramatic - the lengths man goes to for a fish!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

... Arjun says:

lui lui, (Rimbaudian), jot.de, Black_Hat, babasteve, ch.zwerg, Gallerie de Carol, art direktor, heavenuphere, abhi.varma, Rettop, hugue, kumo36, Darren C., Arindam Thokder, lilanga_tanza, *sugar*, Lalalian, min', yaznotjaz, mosaic maker, gavface, Lida Rose, isolano, ushwink, capsicina, .zack!, CDReyes, brighter than sunshine, photofool, Odge, littlelakey, >>Jass<<, Keith Yeung, Haciendo clack, rajii, acampm1, sandysshots, Gauri V, maesk, Luc., ShawnXian, aumbody images, lorien PL, PB6, akiruna, Nil!, a COWsignal from outer space - Thanks.

original_ann, yaznotjaz, Vega11 - I felt the sky was very important in giving a sense of scale to this shot.

This American Wife - It could? Maybe I should try and complete it. :-)

100 Points & - Thanks a lot for your comments, rating and critique.

fiat luxe - Yes, it is a duotone.

Hello Doodle! - I don't quite understand the point you are trying to make.

molly_merrick - The sepia was more dramatic so I went for it. The rocks are meant not to have tones.

Sergio Lubezky, (Rimbaudian), JuanJ - Have added it to the pool.

wibing - I don't agree with you, the space is what adds the scale and drama to the shot. If it was just the figure it would be another boring silhouette.

tomato umlaut - What is helter skelter about it? How does it take away from the composition?

miss_kcc - :-)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

fussy tassy says:

this is fantabulous!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

alight says:

he is so intensely determined yet jubilant in his body language. ... this is a golden moment..
glad you stayed the few extra minutes to take this beautiful image before the storm crashed in!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

manumint-[HAPPY NEW YEAR] says:

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
:D
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

bioshen says:

Really fascinating!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Farl says:

Tanah Lot is my most magical temple in Bali. what a shot you had!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

LaMadrileña says:

Futility and perseverence captured in one fabulous shot!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

aibii_blue says:

Hello, 62586822, ... Arjun ! Nice tosee you.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

aibii_blue says:

man could die in a fishing
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

JourneyToNoWhere says:

fantasstic :-)
great picture for motivational poster :-)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

bamboquiri says:

Great!!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

wildcats' fan says:

Stunning shot. Love the simplicity yet meaningful shot here :-)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Ahimsa! says:

wow. double wow. i love, LOVE it, arjun.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

hhsc/Greg (Greg Adams) says:

Wow!! This is really a great shot!!!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Is this Graham? says:

Very dramatic. And I love a good silhouette too =)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

bluefam says:

wonderful.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

harisankar says:

fantastic shot...
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

arjuna_zbycho says:

Amazing and great shot
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

... Arjun says:

fussy tassy, manumint, bioshen, Farl, bamboquiri, wildcats' fan, hhsc_2000, Is_this_Graham?, blue_fam, harisankar, arjuna_zbycho - Thanks.

alight - So am I.

LaMadrilenya - Thanks for your perspective.

aibii_blue - Nice to meet you as well.

JourneyToNoWhere - Wow! I never thought of it that way.

maat108 - Honoured!

Ahimsa! - :-)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Glauka[deleted] [deleted] says:

This is spectacular.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

snack happy says:

Ace photo, glad to have found it
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

neloqua says:

Great moment!

I've favorited and tagged this one "QUALITY" and am hoping you will join and post it to:
www.flickr.com/groups/quality_photography/,
where photographic quality like this gets the recognition it deserves and inspires others...

QUALITY!

Please read (and heed) the comment entitled "Your Responsibility" on the group's opening page.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

adrians_art says:

Absolutely stunning! and thank you for your comments!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Kris Kros says:

This is just too good.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

_wintermute says:

This is a fantastic shot! The sepia really adds to the atmosphere of the approaching storm. perfect timing with the fisherman about to cast too :)

Tony.
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Fisherman's wharf (man vs. nature)

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lui lui says:

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