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What’s up fellow Steemians! Here is my last entry for the 7 DAYS PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST by @flamingirl. I resteemed her contest post earlier, check it out and join the photo fun! =)

I clicked this shot at a local market in the south of Ethiopia. I visited this interesting market near the village Turmi, and encountered this woman from Hamar/Hamer tribe, a semi-nomadic, pastoral community best known for their distinctive style and bull-leaping ceremony. They have elaborately rolled hair in red ochre and beef tallow, and are wearing beautiful beaded necklaces and metal bracelets. It’s said that they are fond of the accessories made of shells, which they trade at these markets brought over from Kenya.

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To prove this is my photo work as required by the hostess, here’s another photo of the same lady:

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And a picture I took of other 2 girls at the market:

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Here’s another Hamar woman I posted before, but in front of her home, not from the same market. The marital collar on her neck indicates that she is the first wife, just like the woman on the left from the photo above. And you can see from the head image - that woman is not a first wife without the special collar. I know, it sounds a bit crazy right? Like in many tribes, the men here can marry multiple women, as long as they have enough cows to pay the bride price.

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大家好！今天分享的几张照片是在埃塞俄比亚南部Omo山谷地区拍的。当时我在Turmi村附近的一个传统露天市集闲逛，看到这些Hamar部落的姑娘。

Hamar是一个有着独特审美风格的半游牧部族，族里成年男人的跳牛仪式远近闻名。女人们的传统发型很特别，头发被搓成很多细小的发束，掺和进红土和牛油来染色加固。身上佩戴着颜色鲜艳的串珠项链和金属手镯。

据说族人很钟爱贝壳制成的饰品，因为埃塞俄比亚本国不产贝壳，物以稀为贵，他们不惜花高价从邻国肯尼亚进口，其实就是用他们认为值钱的东西去以物易物，在这样的土产市集上换取贝壳制品。

最后两张曾在不同的主题帖子里发过，但从穿戴打扮来看，这里的四个女人都是来自同一个部族。最后这一张里抱小孩的妈妈，还有上面一张左边的女人，都戴着独特的金属粗项圈，表明她们是第一任妻子。而题图里的女人戴着普通的金属项圈，应该是已婚但非首任妻子。第三张照片里右边的姑娘没有带项圈，所以应该还是未婚。 没错，这个原始部落的男人就是这么任性，想娶几个娶几个，只要拥有足够多头牛当聘礼……

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What’s up fellow Steemians! Here is my entry for the 7 DAYS PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST by @flamingirl. I resteemed her contest post earlier, check it out and join the photo fun! =)

I shot the photo on a street in La Habana Vieja (Old Havana) district, in the capital city of Cuba. That afternoon, I walked past a bakery, and the people inside waved hello to me. So I stopped at their window to have a chat with them in my crappy Spanish. Despite the economic condition in Cuba, they are pretty happy and carefree. We managed to talk a bit and laughed a lot.

The rationing system of food distribution in Cuba reminds me of the same situation in the Communist China decades ago. I heard the stories from my parents and grandparents. Like the Cubans, Chinese people at that time had to take a coupon booklet to a ration shop, to get their family minimums for supplies like rice, oil, salt, sugar… and the frequency of basic goods is also defined by the government.

Before I left, they asked me to take a photo for them. Enjoy their contagious smiles! =)

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To show you their working environment, also to prove this is my photo work as required by the hostess, here’s another photo of the same lady:

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As I said in a previous post about Some SMILE Portraits in My Travels :

A smile costs nothing, but gives much. Pretty often we underestimate the power of a smile, the gorgeous curve that sets everything straight. Have you ever had the experience that someone’s lovely smile just brightens your day? It happened to me a lot in daily life and during my travels.

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And a flashback of a scene I captured on another street in Old Havana, a lively and hectic district full of local charm. The doors of local homes are usually wide open, and portrait of Fidel Castro or Che Guevara is a common sight on the wall of many homes. The locals seem to enjoy sitting outside, chatting or playing music.

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这几张照片都拍于古巴的哈瓦那老城区。这块地区的居民大都是本地家庭，和不少拉美的老城区相似，虽然有些脏乱，却充满原始蓬勃的生机和活力。色彩明艳的街道建筑，喧闹拥挤的市集，浓烟滚滚的老爷车，奔跑嬉闹的孩童…… 没错，原汁原味的古巴风情就在这里。当地人家几乎都是大门敞开，在门口坐着聊天或吹拉弹唱，欢声笑语，好生快活。一条街走过去，很多户的墙上都挂着菲德尔 · 卡斯特罗或切 · 格瓦拉的肖像，就像凭粮票领日常供给的国营商店一样，这是一代人共同的记忆。

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寺庙小姐妹 | 柬埔寨 金边}

What’s up fellow Steemians! The head image is my entry for the 7 DAYS PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST by @flamingirl. The sepia one below is my entry for the Steemit Portrait Photography Contest Week 45 themed Sepia Toned Portraits. And the last 3 photos are for @davek’s B&W Photo Contest themed Street Photography.
Check out their posts and join the photo fun! =)

大家好！这些街头人像是我参加几个摄影活动的作品，对摄影感兴趣的小伙伴们，也可以去上面提到的主办人页面查看规则和其他作品，一起来踊跃参加吧~ :D

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I shot the photo at a temple in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. These 2 happy girls came towards me and waved hello. They posed for photos in front of the temple after we all visited it. Enjoy the sweet smiles! =)

As I said in a previous post about Some SMILE Portraits in My Travels :

A smile costs nothing, but gives much. Pretty often we underestimate the power of a smile, the gorgeous curve that sets everything straight. Have you ever had the experience that someone’s lovely smile just brightens your day? It happened to me a lot in daily life and during my travels.

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这两张照片是在柬埔寨首都金边的一座寺庙拍的。我正打算进入寺庙参观，就看见这对小姐妹朝我跑过来，还挥着小手打招呼，脸上挂着可爱的笑。我指着相机，问可不可以给她们拍几张照片，她们很开心地配合。拍完给她们看了照片，她们又快活地笑起来。可惜语言不通，看她们的比划，意思可能是她们家就住在这庙附近。

以前在好几篇帖子里都发过旅途中捕捉到的笑脸，比如：一些旅途中的微笑。世界各地常常会遇上语言不同，但是微笑却永远相通。不管是出门在外的路途中，还是日常生活的琐碎里，这些发自内心的快乐总是让人受到感染，让日复一日上演的无聊剧目变得生动起来。

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To show you a bigger picture of the environment, also to prove this is my photo work as required by the hostess, here’s another photo of the same sisters:

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And a photo of 4 boys having fun in front of a market in the same city - Phnom Penh:
下面这张也是在金边，四个小男孩在大市场门口全神贯注地玩手机：

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^{Photographing a Family | San Juan, Puerto Rico
螳螂捕蝉 黄雀在后 | 波多黎各 圣胡安}

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^{At La Recoleta Cemetery | Buenos Aires, Argentina}

^{瑞科莱塔公墓一角 | 阿根廷 布宜诺斯艾利斯}

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Some posts I did before about people on streets:
我之前发过的一些街头摄影：

• Streets of the Basque Capital (1) 巴斯克首府街头（一）
• Street Art & Ghost Festival in Malacca 马六甲街头壁画和鬼节
• Kids & Mangoes & Life 孩子和芒果(的哲思 ;p)
• Comuna 13 of Medellín, Colombia 哥伦比亚毒枭老巢的贫民窟
• The Busker and His Soulmate 街头知音
• By the Scheldt River of Antwerp(1) 失望的小女孩
• A Syrian Girl Feeding a Cat 喂猫的叙利亚女孩

^{All content by @itchyfeetdonica
图文 by Donica多
Photos shot with Canon EOS Kiss X3 & iPhone 7}

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What’s up fellow Steemians! Here is my entry for the 7 DAYS PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST by @flamingirl. The sepia one below is my entry for the Steemit Portrait Photography Contest Week 45 themed Sepia Toned Portraits. Check out their posts and join the photo fun! =)




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I shot the photo in Omo Valley in the south of Ethiopia. This tribe is close to Omorate by the borders of South Sudan and Kenya. The man in my photo was the only male adult I found there, among all the women, kids, huts and herds. Looking at his headpiece, perhaps he is the tribal chief. People in this tribe decorate their bodies with elaborate accessories made mostly of beads and metals. They also like dressing in bright-colored fabrics, and some of them paint parts of their bodies.

To show you his living environment, also to prove this is my photo work as required by the hostess, here are 2 more photos of the same man:

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原始部落首领 | 埃塞俄比亚南部山谷**

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图文 by Donica多
Photos shot with Canon EOS Kiss X3}

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What’s up my Steemit friends! I invite you to follow me today to watch the sunrise at Angkor Wat. It’s inspired by A City a Story photo contest hosted by @aaronli.

As a national symbol of Cambodia, 🇰🇭 Angkor Wat is the country’s prime attraction that draws a large number of visitors all year round. And watching sunrise over the towers is a must when visiting this place.

This temple complex is the largest religious monument in the world, built by a Khmer King as a Hindu temple of god Vishnu in the early 12th century, gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the same century.

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各位可能都听过柬埔寨的吴哥窟吧？作为国家的象征，吴哥窟实在是太有名了，连柬埔寨国旗🇰🇭上都印着它的图案。每年自然吸引了无数游客前来观光。而来到这里，起早观日出也是必不可少的项目既然不可少，就意味着汹涌的人潮。

这一寺庙建筑群是世界上最大的宗教纪念性建筑，公元十二世纪早期由一位高棉国王下令建造，起初是想建成印度教主神毗瑟挐的印度庙，结果到了世纪晚期逐渐变成了佛教寺庙。

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We got up at 4am in Siem Reap that day and arrived at the Angkor Wat site by e-bike (faster and cooler than the tuk tuk) at around 5:10am, when it’s already packed with visitors.

After walking through the causeway, the waiting game started by the reflection pond in front of the main temple. There were people waiting in different spots, and I picked this spot with less heads in front.

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我们那天四点就起床了，洗漱后就骑着电动摩托车🏍️风驰电掣般往吴哥窟狂奔（大部分游人是坐三轮车去的，当然也有土豪包车去）。一路上耳边风声呼呼，超越三轮车四轮车无数，等五点十分抵达停车处，已然是人山人海。停好车顺着水上长堤和人流走一截，再过西门继续走，最后来到吴哥窟前方的两个池塘中间，找了个前面人头较少的一块湿地落下脚，饥困交迫地开始了等待。

Still dark when we arrived:
刚到时晨光熹微:
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This is what I mean by “less heads in front”:
这已经算我说的”前面人头较少”的好地方了:
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Because the crowds is like this:
因为你看看这黑压压一片的观日出大军就明白了右下角那位仁兄貌似已经开始在拍小昆虫练手了：
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All the crowds were waiting for that exciting moment in silence. The sun finally appeared over the horizon at 6:10am, shining through the trees and spangling the water surface. The flickering ripples in the pond started to dance with the golden sun rays… then the yellow sphere quickly glided up the trees, in a few minutes, the whole sky was lit up. ☀️

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四周一片寂静，所有人都在等待那神圣一刻的到来。六点十分的时候，金黄色的圆球开始跃升出地平线，透过树影，点亮水面，池塘潋滟的波纹在柔和的光线下跃动起舞…… ☀️这轮发光体很快滑上树梢，挂在空中。整个过程短短几分钟，接着气温陡然上升，困倦的双眼被这万丈光芒刺得无法睁开，一颗小心却久久不能平静，起个大早经历等待后终于看到了这朝思暮想的一刻。

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Pretty stunning right? As a night person, I can’t get up early, so I take much more sunset shots than sunrise ones. But I once read that at sunset the sky is full of pollutants and wind-borne particles, while more colors can be perceived at dawn than at dusk. What do you think of this?

这日出是不是挺美的？身为夜猫子，我拍过很多日落，却很少拍到日出。但是看到书上说傍晚日落时的天空有不少细小的污染颗粒和风载尘埃，而日出时天空更纯净，色彩更缤纷。你们有这感觉吗？

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After the sunrise, we went on to visit the temples nearby, in the extreme heat and humidity:
看完日出，我们就顶着烈日，边被极度湿热吞噬着，边走去旁边逛庙:

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Since my topic today is about the sunrise, I’m not going to extend too much on the temples, only a few tips first:

• You can visit Angkor Wat as well as other religious sites such as Angkor Thom, Bayon, Preah Khan, Banteay Srei, Pre Rup, Ta Prohm, Terrace of the Elephants…, in an extensive jungle area a bit north of Siem Reap, a base for exploring those amazing ancient temples and surrounds.

• 7-day pass is a good choice since there’s quite some distance between certain sites, and there’s so much to see at each site. If you are short of time, you can also choose the 3-day pass.

• Remember to bring sunscreen and cool clothes for the heat, and cover your shoulders and knees as required by the religious culture.

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因为我今天的话题是日出，所以就不多聊庙的话题了，先来简单的几点提醒: =)

• 除了吴哥窟，暹粒北边这一片丛林里的古迹还有吴哥城、巴戎寺、宝剑塔、女王宫、变身塔、塔普伦寺、斗象台等。

• 有些遗址间相距较远，而每个遗址又有很多细节可以看，所以建议购买七日票，去慢慢看个够，如果时间紧张也可以买三日票，而一日票就太赶了，走马观花也看不到什么。

• 记得要带防晒霜和凉快透气的衣服，丛林常有的高温高湿和强紫外线实在是伤不起啊。出于对当地宗教文化的尊重，进寺庙等宗教建筑的时候，上衣最好遮住肩膀，下身长及膝盖。

^{All content by @itchyfeetdonica
图文 by Donica多
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Hi fellow Steemians, this is my first entry for the Steemit Portrait Photography Contest Week 45 themed Sepia Toned Portraits.

I shot this photo in Taormina on the island of Sicily, Italy. After visiting the ancient amphitheater on the hilltop that day, I strolled to a port. These two kids were having fun in front of a shed by the water. They might be sister and brother from a family nearby. The girl was cutting some green leaves, perhaps for their “grand meal” of the day, and the little boy was preparing a pot to “cook”. :) The golden sun rays were shining on the girl’s hair, and the boy’s smiling face was lit - a lovely scene I just couldn’t help capturing with my camera. =)

To prove this is my photo work as required by the hostess, here’s the same photo in colors and another photo of the two children:

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玩过家家的姐弟俩 | 意大利 - 西西里岛**

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