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Topnaar Boy (Namibia)

Topnaar Boy (Namibia)

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Xenia Ivanoff-Erb


Free Account, Swakopmund

Topnaar Boy (Namibia)

Many children, living in the barren and remote regions of our Namib Desert, have never been exposed to camera's or pictures of themselves, this little boy, of the Topnaar tribe, was one of them. He was so eager to pose and loved running over to see the image in the back of my camera. I took this photograph in the stark heat of the midday winter sun, this allowed me to get the boys face well exposed because the simmering white sand reflected against his dark skin to create a lovely soft illumination. I used a wide aperture to allow the background to fade away into the distance and at the same time it over exposed the white desert sands to create the perfect contrast for the subject of the boy.

Commenti 12

  • Himmelsstürmer 22/03/2017 9:58

    Ein Lächeln das einfach nur begeistern kann!
    HG Ulli
  • Xenia Ivanoff-Erb 22/03/2017 8:33

    Thank You Uwe.
  • Uwe Kasten 22/03/2017 8:19

    very appealing, fresh and full of joy and energy - i love it. kind regards, uwe
  • Xenia Ivanoff-Erb 20/03/2017 7:38

    Thank you for the lovely comments, many of these children, living in the barren regions of our desert, have never been exposed to camera's or pictures of themselves, this little boy was one of them. He was so eager to pose and loved running over to see the image in the back of my camera. I took this photograph in the stark heat of the midday winter sun, this allowed me to get the boys face well exposed because the simmering white sand reflected against his dark skin to create a lovely soft illumination. I used a wide aperture to allow the background to fade away into the distance and at the same time it over exposed the white desert sands to create the perfect contrast for the subject of the boy.
  • † cathy Blatt 20/03/2017 7:29

    Isn't he cute.Like the way you have treated background which really makes him stand out prominently.
  • Bea Dietrich-Gromotka 19/03/2017 23:17

    -ein ansteckends Lachen...:-)
  • JOKIST 19/03/2017 0:04

    ++++ PERFECT ++++

    LG Ingrid und Hans
  • Arnold. Meyer 18/03/2017 2:26

    welch ein schönes Kinderportrait. Herrlich, das strahlende Lächeln.
    LGArnold
  • Andreas Boeckh 17/03/2017 22:46

    Schöner kann man Lebensfreude nicht zeigen.
    Andreas
  • FriedaFelicia 17/03/2017 15:39

    This puts a smile on my face. Wondefully sweet shot.
  • MrFeeling 16/03/2017 11:12

    A child's smile for me is one of the
    most precious and wonderful thing
    in the world" ... wonderful Pic ...
    :-) Lg Andrasch
  • Matthias Moritz 16/03/2017 10:26

    Cute portrait! Happy child :-)