Perspectives on People - Jul-Sep 2014

This is the thread for the next round of photo competitions. The theme is Perspectives on People. Entries should be photos that depict locals somewhere in the Drakensberg or in the Lesotho Highlands. It can be people such as shepherds, farmers, smugglers, traders, kids. It may not be people such as hikers. It should be evident in the photo that the picture was taken somewhere in the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains.

Photos should be uploaded to the following album:
www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/perspectives-on-people-jul-sep-2014.html

Guidelines for the competition:
* Give your entry a creative title which adds to the appeal of the image.
* When you have uploaded your entry, post a downscaled copy of your image to this thread, together with your title, and a link to the image, as well as a description of where the shot was taken from, and the story behind the photograph.
* Photos do not need to be limited to the actual time period for the competition.
* Please obtain permission from people before photographing them, and be polite, respectful and appreciative of what they may or may not let you do.
* Some form of compensation or reward for the photo can be considered to be fair practice.

www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/perspectives-on-people-jul-sep-2014/881-trojan-shepherds.html#joomimg




Trojan Shepherds.

Ghaz and I met these guys on top of Corner Pass during our Giant's Traverse loop in March.

ghaznavid wrote: Nice photo

That was such a friendly group of guys, proving that you don't need to speak the same language to spend an hour or so hanging out with a group of people.

Thought it may be slightly familiar to you! lol

That was a very special time on top of the Judge. Hardly any words spoken and even fewer understood, yet we shared an hours worth of smiles and amazing views with these guys. Definitely a highlight of the trip for me.

My entry is called "Peak Traffic", shot in 2009 near Makhoabong Pass in Central Lesotho. The boy has all the classic shepherd attire, and with all the 4x4s driving past, he is on his mule - the hardy beast without which rural Lesotho wouldn't function as it does. The background is a classic highlands scene, capturing some of that blue/purple colour that these mountains are often named after.
www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/perspectives-on-people-jul-sep-2014/883-peak-traffic.html

Shepherds in the mist, taken on 31 Dec 2010 above Sani Pass

www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/perspectives-on-people-jul-sep-2014/884-shepards-in-the-mist.html