Philippines. Portrait of an 82-year old fisherman. Caught him while he was daydreaming.
Noticed me approaching and then gave me his smile

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Velu

I like composition of this shot.

He looks great for 82 years, nice capture

Very nice, Velu. I like the natural cross lighting you found here. I also really dig all the lines and patterns that you incorporated in the background.

--David

Jonathan Huynh wrote:
I like composition of this shot.

Thank you Jonathan !

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Velu

jojomon11 wrote:
He looks great for 82 years, nice capture

Thank you Phil !

He not just looks great for his age, he acts great as well

He started working at an early age and he still does.
Goes with his grandson, by boat, checking the fishing nets.
One moment you could find him while he was opening a coconut with a machete, next one he was singing and playing local songs on this ancient ukulele

We could hardly communicate by words, but at the end of my project he came along to the local airfield and we both became "emotional"

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Velu

neighbourboy wrote:
Very nice, Velu. I like the natural cross lighting you found here. I also really dig all the lines and patterns that you incorporated in the background.

--David

Thank you David,

I just went for that light, which I did find "magical" in that corner.
The lines came with the bamboo construction .
Initially, I did not notice the lines behind his back on the wall.

It's a nice shot of a very nice person.

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Velu

The environment fits, he just looks like he belongs there.

Nice shot! Out of curiosity where in the Philippines was this shot? The man might be a distant relation

deinfaces wrote:
The environment fits, he just looks like he belongs there.

Thank you !

Yap, he sure belongs there

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Velu

EileenD wrote:
Nice shot! Out of curiosity where in the Philippines was this shot? The man might be a distant relation

Thanks,

Oh really ? That would be Ozamiz !

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Velu

Yep, that's where I have relatives from, I will show them this link

Ok heard back, my father has met him (though not recently). He is related to my grandfather and sells prawns to other fisherman to raise. Small world!

EileenD wrote:
Ok heard back, my father has met him (though not recently). He is related to my grandfather and sells prawns to other fisherman to raise. Small world!

Oh A small world indeed !!!!

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Velu