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Future Masai Warrior
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Challenge: Best of 2012 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Serengeti, Tanzania
Date: Jan 26, 2012
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/800
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2013

 I was out on the Serengeti in Tanzania on a photo safari. One afternoon we stopped by the Boma of a small Masai tribe. This guy was around for only a moment. I'm not happy with the mechanics of the shot - I wish I would have gotten down on his eye level and composed a better background. But the number of flies on his face made this a compelling shot to enter.

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Place: 78 out of 294
Avg (all users): 5.9856
Avg (commenters): 7.8750
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9333
Views since voting: 459
Views during voting: 249
Votes: 139
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2013 11:01:35 PM
compelling portrait
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 02/06/2013 11:37:50 PM
Sad.
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 02/06/2013 09:25:56 PM
exploitive genre is not my thing - gl.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/06/2013 03:19:07 PM
#1.
Only giving out one ten in the entire challenge. This is it.
Reminds me of the famous Pulitzer prize photo by Kevin Carter. After seeing this image, I immediately lowered every other photo by one because this had to be the sole 10 in the challenge.

There's something simply compelling about this image. What will his future hold? I don't know, but it looks bleak.

I might have titled it something different, but that's irrelevant.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/02/2013 08:49:04 PM
Looking at this photo gives me a feeling of repulsion... because it makes me sad, angry, etc. That is the power of this photo... I dont like it, because the subject fills me with emotion. This photo is great because it forces that emotion in the viewer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/02/2013 11:46:43 AM
that is so sad.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/01/2013 08:50:18 PM
This is horrifying and fascinating at once. I don't want to see this, yet I can't look away.
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 02/01/2013 01:01:01 AM
Ohh poor thing, with a bit of extra PP, this would of worked, especially in black and white!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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