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08-NOV-2008

The group, Sousse, Tunisia, 2008

When we photograph children, there is always a chance that one of them will do something to call attention to themselves. That is what makes this group portrait so amusing. The fellow at right rolls his eyes back into his head just as I shot, while his two friends remain passively relaxed and unaware of his impish behavior. It is this incongruous interplay between the children that makes this image a successful portrait. I used a 24mm wideangle lens and moved in very close to fill the frame with my subjects, yet also managed to include the cobblestone street where they live, as well as a distant figure for scale incongruity.

Leica D-Lux 4
1/200s f/2.8 at 5.1mm iso80 full exif

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Phil Douglis28-Nov-2008 23:25
I did not know the joker-faced boy was rolling his eyes until I looked at image afterwards. I usually keep my camera in burst mode, so I can gather a number of different expressions. This was the shot that worked for me. It made me laugh out loud, too. Kids will be kids, the world over. That's the message here.
Carol E Sandgren28-Nov-2008 22:33
The perfect "funny" shot! My eye goes first to the young man far left, then to the middle boy, and then finally to this joker faced boy. It's as if you timed the joke, but we know that kids love to do silly things. This shot makes me laugh out loud.
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