At this time of the year the paddies are harvested and the fields cleared for the next season of paddy plantation. Without the usual green patch covering the wide field the exposed water surfaces bring forth another kind of scenery before our eyes: the water providing excellent reflection to the sky; people fishing for keli by the pools of water; children playing; birds flying about the fields…; and of course the farmers work on the land with their ploughs, ensuring another good harvest for the next season, and to provide us with more rice to eat.
A paddy field with Gunung Jerai overlooking it in the background.
For such a scene sunsets make good photos…
A lone tree stands in the middle of the field.
A woman fishing for keli – for such a time when one does not wish to buy fish, the easy and patient way would be to go down the field and catch some yourself. Cooked properly the keli fish is delicious.
The farmers working on the land.
Birds would come to the fields for hearty breakfasts by feasting on the abundant insects. I had wanted to capture photos of the long legged white birds in the fields, but they would soon fly away as I approached them… and at 200mm my lens is simply not long enough to catch them. As compensation there are swallows instead. Even then I still need to crop the photos to get what you see here.
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