In the Surma tribe of Ethiopia, a woman's status increases with the number of children she has. Eight to ten children is a common occurrence, and men have multiple wives. I met one man who had 22 children with three wives. I can't imagine how this is sustainable without massive suffering and starvation, but I think these people live very much in the present. The early morning sun had just peaked from behind a cloud when I took this shot of these girls, one of whom was already a mother. My settings were 1/500, f/6.3, and 320 ISO, and the focal length was set to 100mm. The lens I used was the Canon 100-500mm zoom, so I typically kept the shutter speed 1/500th of a second or faster to insure sharp pictures. The general rule for shutter speeds with telephoto lenses is the shutter should be the reciprocal of the focal length or faster. If the lens is 400mm, for example, the shutter should be at least 1/400th to guarantee sharp images.
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