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Children's choir-1, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu

  • Children's choir-1, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Children's choir-2, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Childern's choir, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu<br /> <br /> Many of the children were holding white rocks....no idea what the meaning of that was.
  • Sir Peter Harrison examines a bird, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Family gathering, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Mother and two children, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Woman with hibiscus, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Woman and her children, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • The old and the new<br /> <br /> Village elder wearing a penis sheath, and man wearing a camera, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Mike on top of the tower, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Mike on top of the tower with jumping platforms marked, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Jumping tower with the jumping platforms marked with red 'X's, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu (best largest)<br /> <br /> The lower platforms are for the young, inexperienced divers (naghol is also a way for young men to step into manhood), and the highest platforms are for the very best divers who gain huge prestige from this activity.
  • Close-up of top seven platforms of the nanggol tower, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Last minute adjustments to the vines, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Boy contemplating his jump, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Salute prior to jumping, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Moment before jumping, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • The launch of the nanggol jumper, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
  • Start of a land dive (Nanggol), Pentecost Island, Vanuatu (all photos in the dive sequence are best largest)<br /> <br /> For your viewing pleasure, the remainder of the photos for this one dive sequence (10 more shots in sequence) can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/5LrN2g">http://goo.gl/5LrN2g</a><br /> <br /> Don't know where the camera info went, but as the divers went higher and higher, I kept increasing the speed. At this point I was up around 1/2000 sec to 1/2500 sec to freeze the action, which meant also that with each higher diver I also increased the ISO. Of course you get only one try at the diving sequence - no second chances, so you'd have to get the focus etc. right the first time. I was doing a fast pan to follow the diver down. Lucky for me I got some clear sequences (other shots, info and sequences will follow on other days)<br /> <br /> 16/07/14 <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Start of a land dive (Nanggol), Pentecost Island, Vanuatu (all photos in the dive sequence are best largest)<br /> <br /> For your viewing pleasure, the remainder of the photos for this one dive sequence (10 more shots in sequence) can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/5LrN2g">http://goo.gl/5LrN2g</a><br /> <br /> Don't know where the camera info went, but as the divers went higher and higher, I kept increasing the speed. At this point I was up around 1/2000 sec to 1/2500 sec to freeze the action, which meant also that with each higher diver I also increased the ISO. Of course you get only one try at the diving sequence - no second chances, so you'd have to get the focus etc. right the first time. I was doing a fast pan to follow the diver down. Lucky for me I got some clear sequences (other shots, info and sequences will follow on other days)<br /> <br /> 16/07/14 <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
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