![]() They are clean, the dynamic range is still good, and the lamps are also clear. "In 2006, it would have been impossible to shoot above ISO400 or 800, but most of these images were shot above 1600, some going to 6400. The dynamic range and high ISO performance has improved, so this camera copes better with low light and doesn’t blow out as hard. “On previous trips, I’ve also shot at sunrise and sunset, but not too much into twilight, so the sky was always a bit brighter. "It put the camera to the test, as you’re shooting in low light,” says Joel. Fishing at dawn and dusk, illuminated by a bright lamp on their boats, creates challenging conditions for photography. Paddling across the still water, the elderly fishermen send their birds into the water and cast hand-woven nets. And what kind of shadow recovery I would get from those files, and what kind of sharpness I would get with new, better L-series lenses." "On this new trip I was using an EOS 5D Mark IV and a bunch of L-series lenses, so I wanted to really test what I could see, especially in low light. ![]() "So I had to wait for a little bit after sunrise had begun, and a little bit before sunset time. "I had to be careful about ISO because those cameras were not too good with low light," Joel explains. When Joel first photographed the fishermen, he used two early Canon digital cameras – a Canon EOS 350D and a Canon EOS 20D. This was one of the last chances to photograph real fishermen who aren't the new puppets for tourism." "But soon, one of the most beautiful stories of the past 600 years will become a memory. They are both in their 90s now, and have been fishing since they were teenagers. Two of his subjects, brothers Huang Yue Ming and Huang Yue Chang, are among the last six real fishermen in the region. He first photographed the fishermen in 2006 and became captivated with the bridging of tradition and modernity. "At the same time, I was trying to reinvent something that I’ve shot many times before." "The idea was to go somewhere I already knew well, that has been important to my work, to see what I could do with the technical advances that have been made in the cameras, sensors and lenses – to push them to the limit," Joel says. Taking the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with him, he hoped this visit to Guangxi would produce his best work yet. ![]() Together with a lack of uptake among younger generations, it makes this a fading tradition.įor Canon Ambassador Joel Santos, who has built deep connections in the community over 13 years spent documenting this way of life, his sixth trip offered one of the final chances to document the cormorant fishermen. But the country's rapid modernisation has brought unprecedented tourism to the Li River, in the Guangxi region. The unlikely pair are fishing together, man and cormorant working in harmony in an ancient Chinese practice dating back 600 years. Working by the light of a gas lamp, an elderly fisherman sits atop his bamboo raft as a bird dives overhead.
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