Forum: Photos
01-10-2021, 10:49 PM
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To emka: Zanzibar
Hi Malgo, I'm envious; Zanzibar is one of my favourite places! If I went there now though, I wouldn't be allowed back to Australia. I was hoping 2021 would be better, but losing confidence that will...
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Forum: Photos
12-07-2020, 07:33 AM
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To papagolf21: B&W
Hi Philippe, Vous n'êtes pas sûr que Google Translate fonctionne pour moi - c'est en noir et blanc? cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
11-10-2020, 09:28 AM
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in melb
Will do - might be soon as we're out of lock down now. cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
11-10-2020, 04:28 AM
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To ifege: Omo River
Hi Ian, no, it goes the other way, flowing into Lake Turkana on the border with Kenya. cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
10-24-2020, 06:55 AM
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To Royaldevon: Melb TE
Hi Bev, We do still get together occasionally usually taking our cameras as as excuse to have a beer somewhere. cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
10-16-2020, 12:05 AM
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To macjake: furniture?
Hi Craig, I think she was tethering the donkey to the door handle while she loaded it up. What is this "furniture" you speak of? cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
10-08-2020, 12:19 AM
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To holmertz: monkeys
Hi Gert, I meant to reply to this previously but forgot. I'm with you regarding the trustworthiness of monkeys. Generally they are a menace. These ones though were completely different, they just...
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Forum: Photos
10-07-2020, 11:53 PM
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To holmertz: crop
Hi Gert, You are of course correct, that would have been better. Can't think why I didn't crop it as you suggest. As for the red tank, I've no idea what it was for. cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
10-07-2020, 09:01 AM
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Crop
Hi Gert, yes, I think you're right regarding a tighter crop. Cheers, steve
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Forum: Photos
09-16-2020, 09:02 AM
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To holmertz: old photo
You're welcome - I had a look at a few of yours from Afghanistan - incredible quality scans, were they from the scanner you mentioned to me a while ago ( I might have get myself one!). Cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
09-10-2020, 05:42 AM
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To vjmite: welcome back!
Hi Vince, welcome back to TE, great to have another Aussie here. Ian and I were getting lonely. That shot was indeed taken early morning. It was peak photography for me. We were staying in Yanakie so...
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Forum: Photos
09-01-2020, 04:49 AM
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To kasianowak: reluctant shopper
Hi Kasia, yes, she'd been pestering me, following me around trying to sell me a lip plate (very useful!). This was her final response to my lack of interest in a lip plate, before going off to try...
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Forum: Photos
08-24-2020, 11:25 AM
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PP
Thanks Ge. Cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
08-22-2020, 08:39 AM
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To holmertz: elephants
Hi Gert, Indeed - the common theory is that they were designed to look like elephants faces. cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
08-20-2020, 08:57 AM
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To holmertz: free
Hi Gert, Free, well kind of. At these ceremonies tourists have to pay an attendance fee, which is pretty high. You can take as many photos as you like and the people there are happy to be...
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Forum: Photos
08-18-2020, 04:54 AM
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Forum: Photos
08-13-2020, 09:09 AM
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To ifege: side light
Hi Ian, the side light was something of an accident - I tried to have the light directly on his face, but it made him squint, so I turned him sideways. cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
08-11-2020, 08:30 AM
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To emka: tradition
Hi Malgo, It is certainly a strange tradition - I fail to imagine the train of thought that gets them to the point it seemed a good idea. That said, it seemed very much to be a tradition embraced by...
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Forum: Photos
08-11-2020, 06:31 AM
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To ifege: after, not before
Hi Ian,
After the event they rub ash into the wound to make the scar more pronounced. I don't think there is any preparation beforehand, other than getting mentally prepared, I guess! cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
08-11-2020, 04:27 AM
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To kasianowak: whipping
Hi Kasia, thanks for your kind words in your comments on the muslim man's portrait. About the whipping - call me soft but when I heard the whips cracking just near to where I was standing, I couldn't...
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Forum: Photos
08-10-2020, 08:07 AM
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To ifege: red
Hi Ian, red is certainly THE colour - it's achieved by mixing red mud and butter. cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
08-03-2020, 08:28 AM
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To ifege: stage4
thanks Ian, can't say I'm enjoying stage 4 - how many stages are there??? cheers, Steve
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Forum: Photos
07-31-2020, 10:11 AM
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To macjake: they are beautiful
Hi Craig, Although the various tribes are geographically close together they do look somewhat different. Some of the Hamer women, I thought, were extraordinarily beautiful, especially smiling. They...
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Forum: Photos
07-27-2020, 05:47 AM
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To macjake: WS
Hi Craig, I posted the WS in response to your comment, so you would only have seen it if you went back or noticed the + sign on your initial comment, so I wasn't surprised that you didn't notice the...
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Forum: Photos
07-27-2020, 12:55 AM
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