I took this shot in the remote village of Tingriti. It has been certified as Stephanie's favorite shot of the trip.
Often, especially when I'm rushed, I get stuck with the picture that I took rather than the picture that I wanted. By that, I mean that I see something when I look at the subject, and then the challenge is to set the exposure appropriately, frame it the right way, wait for the right light, etc. Here, I'm pretty happy with the technical aspects of the shot. I like the lighting, I like the framing, and because the subject is mostly gray, metering was easy and the exposure was exactly what I wanted.
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This photo, while excellent, leaves me with a lot of questions in my mind. How high are the doors above the ground? What is behind the doors? What are the doors used for? Why the color change in the middle of the doors? I guess that is what makes it a great picture.
I don't have answers to most of those questions. The only of those questions I can address with any confidence is the "how high above the ground" one. The ground is probably 2 feet below the bottom of this picture, putting the ledge maybe 4 feet above ground.
To be honest, there are a lot mysteries about this subject to me as well. The door on the left was open the exact same amount for the entire four days that I was in the village, implying that it isn't used often. I photographed the doors twice- first my first night there and then again my last night there. In between, the yellow flowers on the plants bloomed, which is why I prefer this shot- taken the last day- to the earlier shots.
The doors were on the back of the building (which makes sense, I guess- obviously, you aren't going to have a front entrance four feet above ground with no steps). I presume that this building was someone's residence, but I can't guarantee it. On another side of the building, there was an entrance to what amounts to a basement/cellar, and a few sheep got ushered into that space every night when the shepherd returned with the town's sheep. Other than that, I never saw any activity in this building, which was one of the largest buildings in the entire village.
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