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Healing Dance (2)
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![Silver Note Writer [C: 2 W: 0 N: 15]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/n-n-s.gif) (96) | | The San form a community which takes care of eachother - their bond is very strong. They preformed a healing dance for us. Just to show the ceremony. Normally they only do it for real when someone is ill. The women sing and clap ther hands, the men walk around them, stamping their feet, in a hypnothising rithm. This goos on until they get into a trance. We've spoken to some antopologists who studie them and they really are capabale of things that are not "normal", like cutting themselves. Its a kind of "out of body experience at what thime they can see the descease and cure it. Believe it ore not... |
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Crop, Shadows, Border, Contrast, USM
Edited by:cgrindahl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1094 W: 425 N: 2037]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (6103) |
| I cropped at the top to remove trees that distract my eye. I also cropped at the right side where there is a gap between trees that drains energy from the ritual. I applied Shadows and Highlights, which reduces glare and lightens some of the shadowed areas, as well as increasing saturation slightly. I added a white border, for a reason I can't explain, then increased Contrast. Finally, I applied a low level of Unsharpen Mask. Looking at the thumbnail, it appears the cropped image has much more energy than the original. See what you think Saskia. |
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