[gary]

Originally Posted by Octane

Gary,

Once again, you're killin' me. Wonderful subjects, and such beautiful lighting. Makes it seem like an inviting place to be.

Simply wonderful.

More, please.

Hi Humayun! Once again thanks for your very kind comments.

Indeed, the realities are that it is a really nice place to be at. The beach seems
to stretch forever with really nice sand and the water is warm enough and the
sea tranquil enough that you can literally stay in indefinitely. You can see
how tranquil it is in the photograph.

At night when you walk along the beach, as the waves gently break, you see
thousands of tiny phosphorescent green specks in the water glow brightly, the
result of tiny organisms.

The quietness at night is occasionally punctuated by the laughter of a gecko,
some of which are quite loud and large, in the order of 35cm to 40cm long.

However, it has not always been so peaceful as it is today. Back in 1975,
Khmer Rouge forces raided the island and this marked the beginning of the
Cambodian-Vietnamese war. The Vietnamese retook the island in a large
battle and the shell and bullet-pocked burnt-out and overgrown remains of some
of the old French villas that still remain along the beach among stands of palm trees
are testimony to the conflict.

Originally Posted by iceman

They are fantastic, Gary. They tell a story and the fisherman are silhouetted perfectly.

Beautiful images.

Thanks Mike. Some overtones of Asian shadow puppetry going on there perhaps?

Thanks again for posting your shots which was enough of a trigger to try
and continue the theme with these.

Originally Posted by Liz

Wow ..... absolutely beautiful, thank you Gary

Thank you Liz!

Originally Posted by Quark

What lovely images Gary,

The soft light, stillness of the water, the cloud and glow of the Sun create a very special atmosphere. Love the silhouettes of the fisherman, there is such a natural simplicity to these images, excellent work indeed.

Regards
Trevor

Thanks Trevor! I liked your observation about the simplicity. It is like when you are
out and about and you come across some of those landscape painters at some
place or another. You see them put in what appears to be a minimalist
amount of squiggling for the water and the sky and the sun but despite the
apparent lack of information, their renderings look realistic. I wish I could
do that!

Originally Posted by hector

Gary they are wonderful images. The balance between the water reflections and the sky is perfect.
Well Done
Andrew

Thanks Andrew! The weather there was perfect and the sea as calm as can be
so that's where the balance really came from.