As Night falls over the water

As the color fade the evening falls  and the only sound you hear is the rumbbling of the traffic on the the nearby Jelutung Highway It is also being punctuated by the hammering of nails.as the guys got the house together piece by piece of timber.

In the distant horizon what you see is not a small hill but a man made hill of garbage piled thus high over the last few years. Not too lonf ago all you are looking at was part of the sea. The coastal line of the island is being reshaped and today an aerial map would show the island of Penang to be a square compared to  a few years ago when the bird's eye viewof the island had the shape of a turtle.
On  looking deeper into the matter with the perspective of a Health and Safety issue, this practice of creating a dump site along the coastal area is a no-no! But...people are people, that's what they are and being people they make people mistake and until such time that 'shit hits the fence', a slap in the face in the form of a water born decease or your skin start  to itch , then perhaps then the same people will attempt to take action.

Capturing what is relfected in the water is the motive of these next few series of pictures.  The beauty of a camera shot is the fact that it can capture images that the eyes would normally overlook. Taking good pictures depends on so many elements aethetically and it is also trusting your instinct on what you see or hope to see.

The fading colors makes for a good study of pastel values as well as tonal  shades for colors.Whenever possible pictures should tell a tale or at least leaves a trail of possibilities for the one who looks at them to let his mind wonder.
I read they are going to have a conference on the problem of the Haze that has been a plague to the West coastal areas of Malaysia including this Island of Penang. It will be held in of all places, Bali! Another picnic area to discuss the fate of thousands affected by the haze problem. Two months ago it was a climate talk in Rio, Brazil?  Wow! Well what can you say but hey more power to you guys and hope you learn something and come up with a viable solution. If my opinion be asked I would suggest Georgetown Penang would have been a better choice as it is and ideal place to enjoy the haze or get ideas firsthand.

Life on this waterfront is relatively new just as this construction in progress  suggests. It is also however symbolic of a life being threatened by change and so called progress. The haze you se in the background is not a natural phenomena but a man made disaster in progress. It is what the burning of forests in neighboring Indonesia is doing to this island.
Who is to blame for the haze? It is hazardous to the human respiratory system, I feel the sore throat and shortness of breath. I am sure the population as a whole must be going through such similar symptoms of heavy duty pollution. as that is what the Haze is.

As the sun sets behind the highrise buildings of the low cost housing the boys kept their footing on top of the makeshift roof nailing into the approaching darkness.Crows flying back to their roost while the traffic along the highway hums away less obtrusively.
Who can you blame for the Haze as there is no one person to blame as it is a collective error made by people who has their personal income  to cater to - and it is never enough unfortunately... so burn down more forest and clear more land for the future is in The Oil Palm Industry or the coco plantation, it is the mega agricultural projects that the money is to be made. So who is actually  the responsible party for the cause of the Haze?