Ripples 0883 Photograph

Created during a 3 (and a bit) month backpacking trip, booked and packed a matter of days before leaving. The journey began rather suddenly with the dropping of all responsibilities in life, packing a single 40L bag (half camera stuff, the other clothes) for an unplanned trip that would start in Kuala Lumpur. The photo was taken on the 2nd of March in Langkawi, Malaysia (approximately 2 months after leaving London). After figuring out a technique for capturing this kind of photo earlier in my travels, I worked on refining and capturing slightly different styles of it. For me I want the viewer to feel lost in the image, I want them to be hypnotised by the ripples of the water and the sunset reflecting off of it. I want an overwhelming calm to take over them, the calm I felt from leaving everything behind for a period of time.