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Bindi is five months old, here. She is holding her ears up more and more. I will miss these floppy ears when they are gone.
Bindi manages to look great in the wind......and it was windy on the beach here.
These photos were taken at Dinas Dinlle beach in North Wales.
Our 11 week old Havanese
Camera - Pentax 645D
Lens - Pentax-D FA 645b1:2.8 55mm AL (IF) SDM AW
DNG file size - 55.5MB (cleaned up cropped TIF 157.5MB)
Pixels - 7264x5440
Resolution - 240x240
Shutter Speed 1/1000
Program - Aperture Priority
F-Stop - f/2.8
ISO 400
Metering Mode - Centerweighted-Average
comment: Image was shot outdoors on a sunny day in the morning with sun rising. Early morning warmth of sun was captured well. Bokeh of this lens at f/2.8 is excellent.
Poonam, 11, (centre) her older sister Arti, 17, (left) and their young friend Dipshika, 4, (right) are applying a Bindi decoration to their forehead while inside the family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. A Bindi is a forehead decoration worn in South Asia. Traditionally it is a bright dot of red colour applied in the centre of the forehead close to the eyebrows.
- 'Official Website of Poonam'
- 'Full PhotoShelter Gallery 2009-14'
> The full-time education of Poonam (12 in 2014) and her sister Jyoti, 13, is being solely sponsored by my long-term campaign on 'GoFundMe', and by the sale of 'Prints for Education'.
> If you feel passionate about Poonam's unique story of change through photography and social media, I kindly invite you to consider contributing directly to its continuation. Thank you very much for reading on.
Sometimes a picture has the power to turn fate around:
In August 2009, I began visiting urban colonies in the city of Bhopal, central India, to document the severe illnesses faced by children as a result of contaminated water. As a consequence to the 1984 tragedy, around 100,000 people are now chronically ill from the effects of the gas leak, while tainted drinking water has affected thousands more.
Toxic waste – buried around the former factory – has penetrated the underground aquifers, harming the health of nearby dwellers. As a grim result, children are increasingly faced by severe disorders. Living with his family in a rundown shack made of bare soil and cow dung, one such victim is Sachin, now 20, and suffering from leg paralysis.
On a fateful day, during one of my regular visits to his home, heavy rain began to fall. His youngest sister, Poonam, then 6, was revelling in the rain to curb the scorching summer heat.
I started taking pictures immediately.
A frame from that propitious moment was later assigned numerous recognitions, including a 5000 USD grant from ‘The Photographers Giving Back Awards’ - in Sweden - to implement a long-term plan for the wellbeing of Poonam, 11 in 2014, and designed to assist her family overcome extreme poverty.
Born ‘unlucky’, with a tiny sixth toe on each foot, her father superstitiously believed she brought misfortune upon their lives.
Today, Poonam dreams of becoming a teacher, like the ones practicing in her small private school, a short walk away from the family’s newly-built home – made of solid bricks. Along with her sister Jyoti, 12, she regularly attends lessons. (Year 5 Elementary in 2014-2015)
I have witnessed the passion that is moving this family along, and how a single possibility for change was able to spark in them such a vibrant enthusiasm for life.
Poonam’s fairytale is far from over: time after time, I intend to witness her blossoming into a teenager, an emancipated woman, and later into a loving wife and mother.
L'intervento di Rosy Bindi
Campagna elettorale per le comunali di Cagliari 2011
ExMÃ 9 maggio 2011
Il candidato sindaco Massimo Zedda e la presidente del PD Rosy Bindi, incontrano i candidati alle comunali del
Partito Democratico di Cagliari.
Foto di Dietrich Steinmetz
A picture of Bindi after getting spayed. This was in the first few days when she was still a little melancholy and on medication.
35/ 1.8, on camera flash
i don't know what i was shooting through...i think peoples' arms.
i know it's a wee bit soft, but i don't care. i love it.