A young Ecuadorian girl is carrying her baby brother on her back. Such a sight is not uncommon in South America, where kids as young as six or seven attend to their younger siblings needs while the parents work.
This is a scan from a 35mm slide.
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Comments
Aww! Cute! A wonderful candid shot! The colors are really great in this, especially because they weren’t planned :)
Beautiful!
For a scan it has very good color saturation.
Did you have to touch up with Photoshop?
I’ve scanned film photos before and I always have dust to get rid of.
Adorable candid shot….great colours too!
Beautiful shot, the colors are so vivid, excellent work!
Cadence, Thank you, The truth is she was just walking away from a designer store…
Boo, Thank you!
Steven, I used the Nikon 5000 scanner and yes, there is some work involved in getting rid of dust. Image was edited and corrected in PS
Beautiful shot ….love it !!! Bravo Eyal !!! Happy New Year !!!
adorable shot well done