I went down to Fishermen's Terminal for breakfast. Outside my window the tattered mist was transforming the scene of fishing boats tied up at the dock lying still in the mirror smooth water into an Impressionist vision.
At the base of the memorial to the fishermen lost at sea, the tributes of flowers and mementos lay wet from the drizzle with which Mother Nature had wept over them all night long,mourning the lives taken when, with a different, raging demeanor she had swept them into lonely stormy seas far over the shrouded horizon.
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Hello Louis
We have a saying here, "kubur tak bertanda" (grave with no tombstone). It means a lost grave -it cannot be found since there's no tombstone to mark its exact location. It is indeed depressing for those people whose loved ones were lost in that manner.
Temuk,
It must be sad indeed for the survivors of those departed who have no identifiable resting place. I think of the situation in Haiti now with its unmarked mass graves and the Tomb of the Unknowns that mark so many military cemeteries.
Thanks for your BM saying. I very much appreciate such information.
Your pictures of the boats, berthed silently in the misty morning, have captured the sombre mood very well.
Hello Adirya,
Thanks for your comment.
I am glad I had the forethought to stick my little camera into my pocket as I left home that morning. I find misty scenes evocative and thought that the fishing boats would be good subjects.
Hi Louise,
You have an artistic eye. Pictures very well framed and composed. "And the world stood still" is my title for your pictures.
Muy bonito!
Dear Louis,
What a hauntingly sorrowful image of the tributes left to those who lost their lives at sea!
You take amazing photographs. I could have sworn they were painted or at least photoshopped in some way, if I didn't know you better.
Thank you for the peek into a little piece of your life.
Warmest regards,
CO78
Hola Nazli,
¡Qué título más apropiado el suyo "And the world stood still"! Con su permiso, lo voy a utilizar en un blog futuro. Gracias.
También agradezco su comentario en cuanto a mis fotos.
Hi CO'78,
Such tributes are left at that monument everyday. Even on a bright, sunny day they seem very solemn.
One of the characteristics of your writing is that you tend to raise significant issues, sometimes covertly. In this comment you subtly introduced the issue of Photoshop and integrity and it is prompting me to compose a post that explores this increasingly relevant and complex issue.
Dear Louis,
My apologies if my earlier comment had seemed presumptuous. I did not mean to insinuate that you had tried to pass off some paintings or had altered the gorgeous photos you took in any way. I merely meant that they were so beautiful that they looked unreal, like in a painting or those 'frosted' photographs. Coming from the tropics as I do, I rarely get to experience such beautiful scenes in the flesh. So I'll have to enjoy them vicariously through you.
Please, CO'78, I implied not the slightest negative interpretation of what you said in your comment.
I like nothing better than a good discussion of a significant issue.
It so happens that creating with Photoshop has been one of my great interests for some time. I see Photoshop as an art medium, quite distinct from photography, with a fascinating array of tools to create using pixels. It does have rather daunting potential for deceit but like any other art form it enables one to choose how to present reality or a concept or to elicit certain emotions.
Emphatically, I enjoy and appreciate your comments.
Louise,
The Spanish is a bit mouthful! ;-)
However, tienes mi permiso.
Las fotos son realmente magnificas!
Nazli,
You understood that Spanish perfectly, as evident in your response.
Gracias por su permiso.
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