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Blackfeet Dancer


Blackfeet Dancer
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Copyright: Niek Bouwen (SunToucher) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1213 W: 118 N: 1044] (5472)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-06
Categories: Event
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 18-200 Zoom F3.5-6.3 DC, Tiffen Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Summer vacation 2006
Theme(s): Indigenous People of the World, Costumes [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-10-18 13:20
Viewed: 754
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This was in my eyes the most impressive attire I saw at the Pow Wow. The Native dancer was also one of the most impressive dancers. All the time he was in full concentration even when he needed to wait untill the next dance event started.

Some information about Browing from the official town site:

Browning, incorporated in 1919, is located at an elevation of 4,655 feet in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Northwestern Montana. The Town is 13 miles east of what the Blackfeet call the “Backbone of the World”, the magnificent Rockies and this includes Glacier National Park, the "Crown of the Continent", which shares a border with Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta, Canada.

Browning is the largest community on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The 1.5-million acre Reservation includes most of Glacier County and is home to about 8,600 members of the Blackfeet Nation, the largest tribe in Montana. The Town of Browning is the hub of the Blackfeet Reservation and the home of several tribal offices and businesses and is connected to the world by two major highways, U.S. 2 and U.S. 89. Major uses of the land include ranching and farming, with the principle crops being wheat, barley and hay. Browning is the last encampment of a proud and mighty people often referred to as "The Lords of the Great Plains".
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Excellent capture Niek. He almost seems to be in a trance. Good colour, well composed and well detailed. TFS,
David

Nice shot - strong colour, sharp details and great composition.
Thanks for sharing
Mark

thank you for the very educational note . This is a very colorful portrait . It looks like a dream place to take photographs . You were very lucky .
jim

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  • cafe Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 80 W: 0 N: 21] (1168)
  • [2006-10-18 18:42]

Good capture and your notes are always interesting to read. TFS, Giap.

a great capture, the costume is stunning, the man is so concentrated, a good comp too, thanx, M, (*_*)

"I gotta nickel plated revolver for them engines!" HAHA! Nice shot Niek...I'm doing cowboys, you are doing indians! Let's play!
B-)
points tomorrow!
Linda

Hello Niek

nice capture of this dancing man, colours are strong and details good
it is a pity do not have a blue sky like background

regards

jjo

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1666 W: 136 N: 1263] (6138)
  • [2006-10-20 7:05]

Hi Niek,
Excellent work on this Native dancer, the action is very well captured. I like the desaturated BG, it shows off the beautiful colors and the movement even more.
Very well done.
Sky

Sharpness details and lighting are excellent. Great portrait.
Achim

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