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Fisherman holding up a cormorant, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
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Fisherman holding up a cormorant, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China

  • Pre-dawn with distant light, Li River Karst Mountains, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Pre-dawn on the Li River
  • The cormorant fisherman on the Li River in Guilin Province, China prepare to fish with their trained birds in the quiet moments of the pre-dawn before they light their lanterns. Cormorant fishing has taken place in China for over 1000 years. The fishermen light a lantern at the bow of the boat to attract the fish and tie a line near the base of the bird's throat to prevent the birds from swallowing larger fish. When the birds are brought back aboard the bamboo rafts, the fish are retrieved.
  • The cormorant fisherman have fished on the Li River near Xinping, Guilin, China for thousands of years. This fisherman, in traditional attire, is re-enacting the ancient practice of lighting his lantern on his bamboo raft in the pre-dawn and preparing to fish with his three birds. Pre-dawn the air pollution and mists are not as obvious as later in the day, so when these conditions prevail, pre-dawn is the best time to photograph the karst mountains.
  • Pair of cormorant fishermen lighting their lanterns for early morning fishing, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Cormorant fishermen pre-dawn
  • Cormorant fisherman preparing his lantern at dawn, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Preparing to fish
  • Cormorant fisherman lit by his lamp, Li River, Guilin, China
  • Fishing with cormorants in the early morning, Li River, Xingping, Guiling, China
  • Cormorant fisherman taking early morning smoke break, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Working partnership between cormorant fisherman and his birds, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Cormorant fisherman with his three cormorants, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Fishing with cormorants at dawn, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Fisherman with 3 fishing cormorants, Li River, Xingping, Guiln, China
  • Fisherman holding up a cormorant, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Early morning activity on the Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Fishing on the Li River, early morning, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Fishing cormorants drying their wings, Li River, Xingping, Guilin, China
  • Three cormorants drying their wings, Li River, BW, Xingping, Guilin, China
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