I took this portrait of a Huli tribesman playing a flute in Papua New Guinea in 1996. I was shooting film at the time, and the dark jungle environment was a challenge when the film speed was only 100. I used a tripod for virtually all of my shots back then because it was impossible to use a fast shutter in these conditions. The dots of light in the eyes come from the use of fill flash. Today, RAW files have the ability to recover shadow detail extremely well, and I don't use fill flash anymore for that reason. It's just not necessary, plus it looks artificial. Natural catchlights in eyes look good, but to me this looks almost ghoulish. My settings were probably 1/60, f/4.5, and I used Fujichrome Provia 100 slide film. I shot this with a 250mm lens which is equivalent to a 135mm telephoto in the full frame digital format.
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