Riverlife

Riverlife is a common scene in Vietnam, you can see the Vietnamese rowing their Sampans across river, some even make these boats their home.

Landrum ever ask me what this fragile boats are called. They are called Sampans.

 

A Sampan is a relatively flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat from twelve to fifteen feet long. Some sampans include a small shelter on board, and may be used as a permanent habitation on inland waters. Sampans are generally used for fishing or transportation, in coastal areas or rivers. It is unusual for a sampan to sail far from land as they do not have the means to survive rough weather.The term sampan literally means three planks in Cantonese language, it is derived from the words Sam (three) and pan (plank).Sampans are still in use by rural residents of Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam.Sampans may be propelled by oars or may be fitted with outboard motors.

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Riverlife showing the Local Vietnamese rowing their Sampans across

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Looks authentic!

excellent composition and color.love the effect the yellow house gives.congrats my dear friend.

I love the story you give us for this pic, it makes everything look different! Thank you more one time:)

Cherlyn Beautiful,peaceful,the yellow house holds everything so nice together,the water and the little pink in the figure.Wonderful picture.

A placid image my with a special atmosphere. For me this is another world.

Vietnam, what a beautiful country which you so well captured a piece of...thanks Mike

You have captured rich flavor of lively local life, Cherlyn!!! Best regards.

Original and beautiful.

Nice landscape.

Information on lives and boats is educative and picture makes it lively. LOL

Very good composition and framing. I like it a lot. Congrats ! Regards !

Beautiful work with nice info, Cherlyn!

Very natural and realistic capture of the atmosphere, like the composition.

 

Regards

Two anchors here Cherlyn, the yellow house and the rowing figure. nice , colorfull and simple everyday life.

a beautiful shot with a nice atmosphere...a pleasing composition...congrats Cherlyn...

 

rabinder

Beautiful Capture Cherlyn ! 6/6

Very nicely done Cherlyn. You must have enjoyed a lovely trip there.

Yes Alec, I have a very relaxed trip.

Love the composition and colours here Cherlyn, particularly the yellow house. Incredible how the smoke/haze has served as an elegant form of Gaussian Blur. The sole figure in the foreground gives us a great sense of scale! Regards, Kelvin.

Lovely place and composition Cherlyn,well done.

 

Regards Shuki

Like it! Thanks for the background story.

 

Regards...

I agree, the bright yellow house and the smoke give this image a unique look, very nice capture, Cherlyn! :)

excellent documentary shot, Cherlyn.