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The blue eyes boy

The blue eyes boy
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cameraLEICA SL (Typ 601)

settings Aperture f/4.5 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 500/10 

upload_dateJul, 2019

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kbsimages June 27, 2020
Awesome photo!!!!

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Behind The Lens

Location

It was taken at Jinka, Ethiopia

Time

It was around noon

Lighting

It was taken inside a small roadside cafe with limited indoor lighting and light coming in from the street

Equipment

It was taken with Leica SL and SL Summilux 50 1.4 handheld

Inspiration

The name of the Ethiopia boy is Abushe. Due to a gene mutation, he is one of the rare person in Ethiopia that has a pair of natural blue eyes. Mt driver locate him from the streets where we invite him to join us for lunch. He was actually homeless as he was kicked out from his village due to his blue eyes where locals believe he is of evil type. Other adults and kids fought and tried to bully him. You can see the scars left on his face. Abushe lives on his own by taking on part-time street jobs and often paid by travel photographers for portrait photos due to his blue eyes. By spending sometime with him during lunch, I saw that he was just a very simple boy with a gentle mind. Before I left I decided to gift him my baseball cap with LED lights and he was so happy putting them on.

Editing

Lightroom and Photoshop

In my camera bag

Leica M rangefinder with M 28mm lens and Leica SL mirrorless with SL 24 - 90 & 50

Feedback

Tried to capture the natural moment instead of the usual still portrait pose.

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