Sharron Leppien, QPSA
About the Image(s)
This image was taken in Madagascar in June this year. The 4 of us were travelling from Fort Dauphin at the southern most tip of Madagascar towards Berenty Reserve( to photograph the Verreaux Sifaka) about 95kms to the north west. This 95kms took 6 hours to complete. The road was partially to blame as it was absolutely horrendous - we would come to a complete stop and have to crawl down potholes that were as big as a bus - (our poor little 5 seat mini van with shot suspension didn't cope very well!) - and the fact that we kept stopping to take photographs. :) This road was very safe in regards to bandits and profiteers but it is not advised to linger anywhere near villages. The people are just so desperately poor.
This image is just a coincidental one. The herder is driving his Zebu north and the young boy was with his 2 younger sisters travelling south on a mission to fill the water containers on their barrows. They just happened to stand together for an instant and probably because I was standing in front of the boy and the man turned around to show me his spear and to warn us not to touch his Zebu.
EDITS - Cropped, highlights and shadows in LR, cloned out a shadow on the right, a bit of dodging in PS, mono conversion in LR. Suggestions for improvements to my edits please.
Nikon D850 , Nikon 70 - 200mm f2.8 E FL @ 70mm , 1/640sec, f/10 , iso 200,
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8 comments posted
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My only suggestion is to burn the 2 of them to help pop a bit more from their surroundings as they are clearly the subjects of this piece.   Posted: 10/16/2018 15:40:53
I have no idea where I was going with this thought but it seemed relevant at the time aha. :)
I like the extra pop that you put in Tom. I wasn't sure how far I get away with it before i ruined the image. You did just the right amount. Thanks :)   Posted: 10/26/2018 05:39:59
While I understand the reasoning of Allen's crop, I actually like your's better as it provides more interest on the main subjects instead of a lot of blank canvas. If one only saw your cropped image, they would never know of nor sense the missing cattle. If they only saw Allen's crop, they would probably sense the openness and lack of focus, rather than the sense that he has 15 cattle instead of 13.
Overall, an excellent capture.
  Posted: 10/26/2018 18:24:48