I stumbled on a couple of boys enjoying fishing on the abandoned pier in Kuala Besut at dusk. They provided much needed subject for my silhouette shots against the sunset which would otherwise be just ordinary sunset shot.
Enjoy the pictures! Comments and criticism are welcomed.
Fishing on the Kuala Besut pier at sunset
Fishing on the Kuala Besut pier at sunset
Fishing on the Kuala Besut pier at sunset
Kuala Besut Fishing Village
Another image of mine was selected to make it to Photo of the Day dated 16 April 2012 in Light and Composition website. The photo is entitled Kuala Besut Fishing Village which is a tribute to my home district Besut in Terengganu.
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Fishing boats are silhouetted against the orange and blue sunrise sky at the mouth of the Besut River in Kuala Besut
The silhouette of a fishing boat against the sunrise glorious sky in Kuala Besut
The sun is rising
Kuala Besut fishing village at the magic hour
Beautiful lighting
Contrasty lighting
Found this family that shared a common pastime that is fishing. They were enjoying fishing in Kuala Besut on an abandoned jetty. I dub them a family of anglers.
A family of anglers
A family of anglers
A family of anglers
A family of anglers
There are a couple of images to share when I went back to my hometown, Jerteh during the last school holiday.
Let’s start with some images of Kuala Besut. Kuala Besut acts both as a fishing port at which the fishing boats dock and unload their catch and it also acts as a jetty from which the tour boats ferry the holidaymakers to one of the most popular island destinations in Malaysia – Pulau Perhentian. Many more pictures of Besut can be found here in my zenfolio website.
Yellow fishing boat in Kuala Besut
A boat's bow
Deep-sea fishing vessels in Kuala Besut
Fishing boats moored in Kuala Besut
Pantai Bukit Kluang. The most popular beach in Besut and the safest beach to swim at.
Bukit Kluang beach - A very popular beach in Jerteh
Bukit Kluang beach - A very popular beach in Jerteh
Bukit Kluang beach - A very popular beach in Jerteh
Jerteh’s new landmark – Masjid Hadhari a.k.a. Masjid Jerteh. You are welcomed to browse more pictures of Masjid Jerteh here in my zenfolio website.
Masjid Hadhari a.k.a. Masjid Jerteh
Masjid Hadhari a.k.a. Masjid Jerteh
Masjid Hadhari a.k.a. Masjid Jerteh
Masjid Hadhari a.k.a. Masjid Jerteh
Enlightening facts about Besut:
Mostly outsiders are confused about Besut. When they come to Besut they complain that they cannot find Besut town. Certainly you will never find Besut town. The town of Besut is Jerteh. Besut is actually a district while the “capital” of the Besut district is Jerteh. Or is it Kampung Raja since Kampung Raja is the administrative town? Yes folks Besut is actually much more visionary and more forward thinking than its Federal Government of Malaysia. It was only as recent as 15 years ago that the then Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was thinking about having a separate town from Kuala Lumpur as an administrative capital, hence the inception of Putrajaya.
But this has been long practised by Besut as far as I can remember by having a separate town between administrative centre and commercial centre being Jerteh as a commercial centre while Kampung Raja as an administrative centre.
Just like Washington DC as the administrative capital and New York as the commercial centre for the US or Canberra as the administrative centre and Sydney as the commercial centre for Australia.
Funny but true for the rural backwater of a district in the state of Terengganu – a state rich with petroleum but sadly not rightfully treated by the power-that-be thus still remains under-developed.
In Kuala Besut there is a weekly market every Friday from about 8.00am to 12.oo noon. It is where kampung folks as well as small-time traders ply their trade at the provided space. The goods range from agricultural produce, food as well as clothes and household items. But what is more interesting about this market is the majority of the traders is ladies. Despite their conservative lifestyle and well-entrenched tradition associated with ladies on the east-coast of Malaysia, they are well emancipated, very enterprising and financially independant.
Who says muslim ladies are inhibited?
Enjoy the pictures!
The lady trader entertaining her lady customer.
The lady traders entertaining their customer
Making transaction
Making final prepration before the first customer comes
Waiting for customer
Making final prepration
Waiting for customer
Making transaction
Check out this link for a slideshow of the pictures above.
Whenever I went back to my hometown I would not forget to visit Kuala Besut which is only 13km from my parents’ house. I love taking picture there and would normally try to find any photo opportunity in the small town which is famous for its fishing port and its jetty from which local and foreign tourists take the boat to the Perhentian Island – the famous tourists’ destination.
The day I last went there just before last Hari Raya the weather was not so favourable in the morning, with cloudy sky, flat light and all. However I didn’t despair yet and tried to shoot some close-up pictures although a little frustrated with the weather as I hoped I could get to see dramatic sunrise and subsequently deep blue sky in the morning.
Here are some pictures that I took which I feel like sharing with you all.
Slanting Windows of A Deep-Sea Fishing Boat
A Fisherman Reparing Torn Fishing Net
The boat's hull painted yellow but the painting is peeling off showing its previous opposite colour
A row of boats' bow
Symmetrical boat's bow
Swimming under the keel
Kuala Besut beach
