The nomadic Himba people live in northern Kaokoland, Namibia, and this is a young boy of the tribe with traditonal pearl necklace. Most of his face covered with dust. I was there early October with a delegation from the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) that has started co-operation with the Himba people.
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I like to express my gratitude to all of you who wrote these wonderful comments and gave my photo top score, my highest ever. When I joined DPChallenge late last year I never dreamed of ribbon and 7+ score. Now that has happened twice. This feels so good!
The photo is dedicated to Himba people of Kaokoland and especially to this little boy. Unfortunately I don´t know his name. The agency I´m working for, ICEIDA, is supporting the small Himba communities in northern Namibia and we spent two hours with them one day early October. We are supporting them with f.ex. tents for two preschools. I took some portraits of the children and also photos of some other members of this spectacular tribe. I will soon share more photos with you.
Thanks again.
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Camera Model: E-500
Equipment Maker: OLYMPUS
Date Taken: 11.10. 2006 8:08
Color Representation: sRGB
Subject Distance:
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 150 mm
F-numer: F/4,5
ISO: 160
Exposure Time: 1/500sec.
Metering Mode: Pattern
Exposure Compensation: 0
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Place: 2 out of 625 Avg (all users): 7.4402 Avg (commenters): 8.7073 Avg (participants): 7.4578 Avg (non-participants): 7.3721 Views since voting: 11660 Views during voting: 370 Votes: 209 Comments: 96 Favorites: 42 (view)
I stumbled on to this image, and really glad I did. This is wonderful, love everything about it. I noticed that you and I use the same tools, wish I used mine as well you. Thanks for sharing this.
This child is not male. This child is female. You can tell by the hair.
Males children keep their heads mostly shaved, with a thin line of short hair running down the center. Female children wear their hair in braids until puberty when they change their hair style into the traditional long braids covered in the ochre-butter mixture. The number of braids a female child has tells about her family members. Forward facing braids tell about her parents (whether she has both or just one) and back facing braids tell about the grandparents.
Talk about high definition ! Great details and thanks for the oppurtunity to travel to other lands and meet it's people. I would love to work for your company one day.
This is a lovely photo, full of expression, and meaningful to me, because I lived with the Himba, in Opuwa, and Ehomba, in the Koakoveld, for 4 months, in the late '80s............a time full of so many memories.
Very well done.
Now, this an image that etched itself in my mind while voting. It feels as if I am touching the lovely feautures with my fingers. An image that clinges to the viewer. Awesome! Congratulations on your Red.
Til hamingju Gunnar, verulega fín mynd. Ekki amarlegt að toppa gott ferðalag með borða í free study. Svo er ekki á hverjum degi sem mönnum tekst að vera fyrir ofan Manny.
This is a fantastic image. The expression on the boy is draws you in and overall it feels very real. Great capture and a well deserved ribbon. Love the skin and hair texture as well
Congratulations Gunnar! This is indeed a fine image and the story behind it so interesting. Good luck with you endevours..Til hamingju, þessi mynd er alveg stórkostleg, gangi þér vel..
This was my pick for the ribbon..... Wonderful story, wonderful image, and a wonderful result, and I just I love this one so much.....
You are "TOPS" in my book, thats for sure.....
This is still my number one pick in this challenge, after all my voting and comments, thats for sure..... I do hope it wins the "BLUE".....
Awesome..... and yes, this is it....that for sure...Yes this is the winner of this challenge, I believe..... Tops in my book, and my "first" and only "10".....Definately the "BLUE".....
Beautiful portrait. Love the texture of his skin you captured. Love the expression and the duotone. Now the nit pick: I would have included all of the neck collar instead of cutting it off, use a small amount of fill flash to reduce the shadows around the eyes. This has Goodman top ten written all over it! ;)
Wow... incredible image. Very powerful. Sharpness, color, and composition are spot-on. Good luck in the challenge, but I suspect I'll see this again on the front page next week. ;)
I love this. It's gritty, detailed and has some oomph. Great composition. If I could change anything, I'd not have the shoulder(?) to the right but if you cloned it, then you'd be dqed and I like the composition the way it is. Good job.
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