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Family Man
alanfreed


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Misc Travel
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Dulac, Louisiana
Date: Mar 24, 2009
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Family
Date Uploaded: Mar 29, 2009

Shot in the community of Dulac, Louisiana, while on a mission trip. These folks were at a house next door to where we were working. Very nice people! The people in this area mostly belong to the Houma Indian tribe.

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Place: 285 out of 475
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Avg (commenters): 8.6667
Avg (participants): 5.4255
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Views since voting: 697
Views during voting: 234
Votes: 125
Comments: 4
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06/10/2009 08:59:25 PM
So powerful. In junior high, I lived in Lafitte, La., which is about 40 miles east, but just as deep in the bayou. So this really rings with me.
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04/07/2009 09:04:36 PM
A brilliant portrait. It harks back to those wonderful Farm Security Administration images from the 1930s and 40s but it has an altogether more optimistic character. No evidence of despair or disorientation here. The guy is a brilliant photographic subject, and the balance you have given him between his modest house and his loving boys makes a very fine observation about the essence of contentment. 9.
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04/07/2009 04:23:03 PM
Back to comment - in my top 4 of the challenge. The portrait is interesting, empathetic, natural and not contrived in appearance even if it did take a lot of posing!) and technically good.
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04/01/2009 03:20:51 AM
They all look very shy!
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