Fishing in the town - 2nd prize at a local contest

RuiMLopes

ky1

Stunning
stunning photo

ian408

Congrats!

Oobers

I agree with the others, superb shot.
Oobers

Dogdots

Congratulations Rui

Your photos are always so stunning. Wonderful photo. So peaceful

RuiMLopes

Thanks for all your kind words!

Eia

I can see it easily winning first! Was there a story to go with this? The lake reflection is just beautiful as the background lighting to show off the pole. Could you share some specs?

dlplumer

Love it

RuiMLopes

Eia wrote:

I can see it easily winning first! Was there a story to go with this? The lake reflection is just beautiful as the background lighting to show off the pole. Could you share some specs?

Thanks, Eia. This is not a lake. It´s a river called "Douro" (the english translation is golden, and you can see why it is called so...). Btw, this is the river throught which, in the beginning of the XX century, the PortWine barrels used to be transported towards the cellars of my town, Oporto (which also shares its name with the wine).
A story behind the picture... well, nothing special. I took it during a short walk along the north bank of the river (it is one of the nicest parts of the town, at sunset / dusk). Fortunately, I was bringing the tripod (and camera...)with me, found the guy and.... voilá!
Later, I submitted it to a contest and...

RuiMLopes

dlplumer wrote:

Love it

Thanks, Dan.

dlscott56

Lovely shot. I really like the silhouette of the fisherman and his placement in the scene. The line created by the fishing rod kind of draws you in as well. Just beautiful.

To beat this the first place photo must have been a whopper!

Dogdots

RuiMLopes wrote:

Thanks, Eia. This is not a lake. It´s a river called "Douro" (the english translation is golden, and you can see why it is called so...). Btw, this is the river throught which, in the beginning of the XX century, the PortWine barrels used to be transported towards the cellars of my town, Oporto (which also shares its name with the wine).
A story behind the picture... well, nothing special. I took it during a short walk along the north bank of the river (it is one of the nicest parts of the town, at sunset / dusk). Fortunately, I was bringing the tripod (and camera...)with me, found the guy and.... voilá!
Later, I submitted it to a contest and...

Love the story of your town Douro is the perfect name for the river.

RuiMLopes

Thank you all for the kind words!