The picture was taken Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania, September 2011. The young Maasai boys are painting their faces before their Initiation. I met them during driving a jeep through Ngorongoro area. They are preparing for their Circumcision ceremony outside the village, where I passed them by on the side of the road.

Nikon D5000 with 55-200mm | Exposure f/6.7 @ 1/2000sec | ISO 400 | Focal Length 175mm
Masks, by Ryszard Wierzbicki

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | October 26
Award Score: 66 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 16, Style 12, Skill 13)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Travel Photography
Photograph Location: Ngorongoro | Tanzania

Photographer: Ryszard Wierzbicki (Swindon, United Kingdom) Registered

Born in 1963 in Poland, Emigrated to UK in 2006, Travel Photographer, Sepcialized in Portraits of Kids, Old People, Culture Observation, South-East Asia Focused.

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