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02-NOV-2006

The sail is made from relief food bags stitched together. Talk about African resourcefulness.

Nikon D2x ,Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S DX
1/500s f/9.0 at 17.0mm iso125 full exif

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Guest		16-Jan-2007 17:46
Great shot. Worthy of National Geographic

Ray :)		16-Nov-2006 17:48
Not only ingenuity, but artistic too. Love the silhouette of the "sailor". ~v~

Eric Herbelin		14-Nov-2006 17:01
No doubt you get the best from your 17-55/2.8

Azlin Ahmad		13-Nov-2006 20:51
Aesthetically, this is a wonderful image - but when I see what this sail is composed of, it's heartbreaking. Really puts things in perspective. Great image, Niall, and voted.

Johan Gerrits		13-Nov-2006 19:46
Great capture with fantastic light,V. I was 4 weeks ago at the other side of the border (Ethiopia) to visit e.g. the Dassanech. How hard is the life of these people living around turkana lake. And fighting for a peace of grassland, almost no water or to much as a few month's ago.

Sharon Rogers		13-Nov-2006 19:17
beautiful light

Guest		13-Nov-2006 17:15
Icarus

Ana Carloto O'Shea		06-Nov-2006 01:10
So this one is not only beautiful but quite symbolic of that African ingenuity which you have mentioned. I love the angle too. It makes the sail seem bigger than life as it's set against the deep blue sky and maybe because of that detail, I get the feeling that despite being torn and stiched together by hand, that it's still a damned strong sail, just like the men that are looking at it...