A Night on the River

The fish are attracted by the light and the trained birds catch them for the fisherman. Am I right? I always wanted to see that in real life!. Very good composition and a rare capture. Wonderful story! 

Is not an easy shot to do in that condition,I think color version is very good too,I think especially to the light of the lamp an reflection in water,like it.

BR

Dmitris,

I'm not sure about the light attracting fish. I gather that there are not enough fish left in the Li River to support cormorant fishing anymore. I hate to admit it but this guy doesn't actually fish anymore, he just rents himself out and goes thru the motions for those who want to do photography or see see 'what it used to be like'.  This was near the village of Xingping. I gather there are 14 former fishermen who do this, two each night of the week. So, the story goes, they now only work one day a week putting on a show for tourists and make far more than they ever did when fishing.

I did see a similar daytime exhibition on a lake in SW China where birds actually did catch fish and bring them back to the boat (raft). During the day, they use fish guts to attract fish to the vicinity of the boat. Their is a rubber band or string tied around the neck of the birds to keep them from swallowing the fish. When the bird delivers a fish to his master, the master gives him a little chunk of fish that the bird can swallow despite the restraint. See my folder for Dali, China for these images.  Thx. Jim

Oops, Dali images aren't posted yet.

Beautiful work!

Wonderful image GungaJim and thank you for telling the story of the Fishermen. I never knew of this before!!! I have told you other times how this river and the mountains are so fascinating to me. I now understand more about this place because of this posting. Thank you so much!!!

Warmest regards, Gail

Very interesting the silhouette shot!