Djula Girl
2014. A young girl sits contentedly on a chair in the middle of a road near her home in Burkina Faso.
2014. A young girl sits contentedly on a chair in the middle of a road near her home in Burkina Faso.
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Infocuz
August 06, 2016
I wish so much that when this was taken it was sharper. It's a beautiful image!
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David_R_Anderson
August 06, 2016
Yes, I agree. Unfortunately, when I came upon this little girl, it was late in the evening and there wasn't much light. I had been taking other pictures so I went with the settings I already had, which was 1000 iso in program mode. At full aperture (f4.0) I still only got 1/13 of a second exposure, so I am lucky to get what I got! Severly disappointed, I converted to B&W, and I really liked the result, despite the blur. Sometimes, B&W helps to diminish the expectation for 'perfection' since its very nature is abstraction. It has saved many pictures in the past for me. One time I was at a wedding and took some pictures of the bride and groom outside in the evening and most were blurry. I worked on one shot that I liked because of the bride's smile. I converted it to a sepia tone and really didn't think she would like it. To my surprise, she chose that picture (I was not the official photographer for the wedding) to put on the cover of her thankyou cards!
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