All is so quiet..., a photo from Etoloakarnania, Central Greece

Photographer's Note

Yet another photo rom the lagoon of Messologgi. Here, is a traditional lagoon boat ("gaita", see also the photo "Prows" for more information) with a typical lagoon fishing gear: "Stafnokari" (in greek: Σταφνοκάρι).

In order to fish with this gear the big pole is lowered so that the horizontal net is put onto the lagoon bed (in the Med, the lagoon bottoms are as a rule shallow, here in Messologgi the depth of the lagoon is not even a metre on average). From the pole and over the center of the net some smelly, tasty bait is put in order to attract fish. As soon as the fisherman judges that enough fish are gathered over the net, it is levered out of the sea.

There is also a variety of this fishing technique that instead of putting bait includes puting a female mullet when it is the reproductive period of this species -so that (guess what!) all the catch is male mullets!!!!

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npecanhuk (79329) 2013-02-07 2:24

Hello Vangelis!
Lovely and beautiful picture with special regards to the chosen pov, composition, soft light and colors!
TFS - congrats,
Best regards and greetings from Brazil,
Neyvan

baclama (19214) 2013-02-13 5:48

bonjour,
une tres belle photo qui inspire le calme et la serenitй...
tres bien fait!
TFS
vero

ourania (51103) 2013-02-15 13:24

Καλησπέρα Βαγγέλη,
μια πολύ όμορφη εικόνα που εξηγεί με σαφήνεια τον ιδιαίτερο τρόπο ψαρέματος στη μεγάλη, ήρεμη, ρηχή λίμνη. Όλες οι γραμμές και τα χρώματα αποπνέουν αρμονία και ηρεμία. Το βάθος είναι θαυμάσιο και μου αρέσει επίσης πολύ η λεπτεπίλεπτη υφή του διχτυού. Συγχαρητήρια και ευχαριστώ!
Να είσαι καλά, καλό Σαββατοκύριακο,
Ουρανία

Didi (61589) 2013-02-19 3:33

Yassou Vangelis
Very nice composition and good quiet ambiance
I have done a WS; please tell me if ut's OK
Best regards

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delpeoples (60342) 2013-02-19 17:41

Kalispera dear Vangelis

Whilst your eel photo made ma laugh, I couldn't resist this beautiful photo. The soft pastel colours are just so attractive and I love theeffect the wooden posts have, aswell as their reflections. The fishing net look like a spider web and the hazy details in the background add to the romance. Superb shot.

Warmest regards
Lisa

sacavem (18620) 2013-03-17 12:27

Olб Vangelis,

Excellent natural colours and very beautiful composition and quiet sea.

Cumprimentos,
Filipe