The fish catcher is lightweight and easy to carry. The interesting thing about the shot is that it is similar to spreading a net, but it is different in that it is shot straight into the water, the net surface is in contact with the mud surface and the fish shooting does not take much time to wait. However, the camera is only suitable where the water is not too deep, so it is often used to capture fish along the canals or along shallow ditches. Along the canals around the edge of the forest, the bark and leaves of Melaleuca tree have fallen for many years, making the canal water black, which is an ideal environment for fish species to live and reproduce.
The choke fish here are bigger than the choke fish in the field. When you see places with grass on the shore, fish foam emerges, fish pick up a lot of toothpicks and gently drop down. When the fish gets caught in the net and shakes the hood, it will be lifted up immediately.
Children take pictures of fish around the edge of U Minh Thuong forest.
The snap is a rudimentary fishing tool, suitable for catching shallow water, so it is used a lot in the dry season. Shooting fish is mainly to catch perch, choke fish and the number is not as much as other tools, so adults rarely choose this tool but children love it very much. Because most other tools require experience, the shutter is simpler to use.
Knowing that we like to take pictures of fish, but afraid that we are still young, chopping bamboo is dangerous, so my grandfather often goes to the back of the garden to choose long bamboo branches to make some fish shots for us.
People take pictures of fish along the ditches around the rice fields.
The older brothers helped him, and the younger children watched, then ran around playing all sorts of fun games. The gardens in my hometown have two rows of green star trees leading the way to the vast field. Along the sample banks around the field, there are many types of field vegetables, wild vegetables and wild plants but close to our childhood. The fun sessions, catching crabs, catching snails, picking cassava, exploding black fruits, everyone was happy and full of laughter.
During the receding season, the fields and ponds gradually collect water from high-lying places to low-lying places, at which time birds and storks also come to find food. While doing photography, my grandfather made a few more stork traps to catch the storks back to feed us. After setting the trap, he went around the fields to catch fish and then came back to visit.
Children take pictures of fish around the edge of U Minh Thuong forest.
In the dry season, the water recedes into the ditches around the fields, in these areas there are many choke fish and perch, this is the right time to capture fish. He went first, we followed, the youngest child, who had not yet reached the top of the rice, liked to follow. After a while, when he was tired, my grandfather had to carry him into the house.
My kids don't have much experience, so they often get stuck on a tree stump, trying to pull it up and tearing the net, distorting the photo, but my grandfather didn't scold but also helped us fix the camera and enthusiastically taught us how to take pictures. .
The results after the fish shooting session are mostly choke fish and perch.
When I was a child, my parents went to work far away, we stayed at home with my grandparents, every day followed him to go fishing for frogs, photographing fish, picking field vegetables, and returning some bananas for her to cook for dinner. A simple meal made from ingredients of the countryside, though rustic, is delicious and attractive. Meals like these leave a rich flavor in me over the years.
My hometown has an alluvial taste that gives us sweet childhood gifts, full of the country's soul. Although today the fishcap is not used much, but in the childhood sky that day, I have many filled memories. I miss the times with my friends playing games, climbing trees to pick fruit, remembering the small canals to cool off my childhood, remembering the skinny old man who worked hard to make fish pictures for us and missed the summer afternoons. slung over the shoulder of a fishbowl roaming the dike roads of the peaceful countryside.
Articles and photos: ELEGANT SCHOLARSHIP
