Cormorant Canal

March 5, 2009

Cormorants with used for fishing. - Luzhi, Jiangsu, China - Daily Travel Photos
(Luzhi, Jiangsu, China)
f/3.5 ▪ 1/250s ▪ @97mm ▪ ISO100 ▪ Canon 5D ▪ Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
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Tethered cormorants used for fishing in the old days. A fisherman lightly ties a string around the bird's neck which prevents caught fish from being swallowed. The fisherman retrieves the lodged fish from the bird's throat. Nowadays, cormorants are displayed mainly for tourist photos.

I traveled for some time with a Chinese native backpacker who brought me to some of the more locally famous places around these parts. Luzhi is a gorgeous little town crisscrossed with canals reminiscent of Venice. Mostly Chinese package tourists shuffle through during the day but by 5pm, the town empties out and there's nary a tourist around. It's a photographer's paradise without any matching hat tourists to clutter up the background of your photos.

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