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Issue 36 FALL 2014
Keepers of the Forest Photography by Peter Bauza/zReportage.com via
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March 5, 2014 - Uganda - Deep in the rich rainforests of southwest Uganda, the indigenous Batwa pygmies
have shared their tropical terrain with majestic mountain gorillas for thousands of years.
Some anthropologists estimate that pygmy tribes such as the Batwa have existed in the equatorial forests of
Africa for 60,000 years or more.
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Deep in the rich rainforests of southwest Uganda, the indigenous Batwa pygmies known
as ‘Keepers of The Forest’ shared their tropical terrain with majestic mountain gorillas for
thousands of years. The Batwa way of life predated farming and livestock-keeping; they
were hunter-gatherers who depended on the forest’s natural resources. In 1992, the Batwa’s
home-the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest-was made a World Heritage Site in order to save the
endangered mountain gorillas. The Government determined that to protect the gorillas - a
national treasure - the Batwa would have to move out of the forest. The impact on the Batwa
people was devastating. Having no title to the land, they were evicted from the forest
without compensation. Turn to page twelve for the rest of the story…
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Via Crucis
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April 19, 2014 - Rome, Italy - Pope Francis during the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome. Via Crucis refers to a series of artistic representations, often sculptural, depicting
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the beautiful game
Picture by Guillermo Arias/Xinhua/ZUMA
June 15, 2014 - Manaus, Brazil - As Pele would say, ‘Joga Bonito’ is as natural in Brazil as the air itself. Brazilians play soccer on the beach in Ponta Negra
during the 2014 World Cup.

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Deep in the rich rainforests of southwest Uganda, the
indigenous Batwa pygmies shared their tropical terrain with
majestic mountain gorillas for thousands of years. Some
anthropologists estimate that pygmy tribes such as the
Batwa have existed in the equatorial forests of Africa for
60,000 years or more. The Batwa way of life predated farming
and livestock-keeping; they were hunter-gatherers who
depended on the forest’s natural resources for their livelihood.
In 1992, the Batwa living situation drastically changed when
their home—the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest—was made a
World Heritage Site in order to save the endangered mountain
gorillas. The Ugandan Government determined that to protect
the gorillas—one of their national treasures—the Batwa would
have to move out of the forest. The impact on the Batwa people
was devastating. Having no title to the land, the Batwa were
evicted from the forest and given no compensation. Located
in western Uganda, the Basua community was similarly
removed from their forest home. Finding themselves moved
from one location to another, the Basua struggle to cope
with the modern world and continually battle health crises.
For millennia, they had depended upon hunting and
gathering in the rich rainforest environment. Now residing
in villages surrounding the forest, the Batwa began to
experience starvation. They were not trained to subsist on
the surrounding flat farmland of the Bakiga people, and they
had no land of their own. Fortunately, the Batwa had not
been living entirely isolated lives. For centuries Batwa elders
had learned Rukiga, the language of the local Bakiga tribes,
so that they could trade goods such as meat and honey with
the local population on market day. Now that they had been
evicted from the forest, some of the Batwa began working for
local Bakiga farmers in exchange for a day’s worth of food or
a very small amount of money. Payment was just enough to
keep them alive; this was not a long-term solution for survival.
The people were not thriving, and their children—particularly
those under five—were dying at an alarming rate. They were
conservation refugees struggling to avoid their own extinction.

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In 1995, the Anglican Church of Uganda
agreed to assist the Batwa and, together
with American volunteer Diane Stanton,
helped purchase several parcels of land to be
used as a settlement area where the Batwa
could live. This settlement area allowed the
Batwa to grow crops and begin to establish
a more stable living situation outside of the
rainforest. Small-scale health projects such
as administering immunizations, spiritual
support from churches and pastors, and
agricultural training allowed the Batwa to
regroup as a people and have a place to call
their own.
Soon the Episcopal Medical Mission
Foundation sent out a request for a medical
missionary to perform a needs assessment
of the Batwa. In the year 2000, Dr. Scott
and Carol Kellermann, who had previously
served as medical missionaries in Nepal,
answered the call. After spending weeks
conducting a needs survey the last forest
keepers they became deeply moved by the
situation and made the dramatic decision
to turn their lives upside down and move
to Uganda, and for the next nine years they
served as full-time medical missionaries to
the Batwa.
The needs of the region were enormous—
nearly beyond belief. To this day, almost the
entire population of this isolated region
lives on less than $1 a day, and the minority
Batwa were even worse off. Most had no
access to clean water, no home except a
hut made of sticks and leaves, no access to
healthcare, and no chance to attend school.
More than a third of Batwa children—38
percent—died before reaching the age of
five. Such diseases as HIV, TB, malaria and
hunger were rampant, and life expectancy
was estimated at a meager 28 years.
Starting treating patients one by one,
they decided to found in 2003 a small
clinic to provide healthcare to the Batwa. It
quickly grew into a full-service hospital with
a 112-bed facility that serves over 100,000
people. Despite its isolated location, it has
been rated the best-performing hospital in
Uganda since 2009, providing basic medical
care. Under-five mortality among the Batwa
dropped from 38% to only 6% in 12 years,
and maternal death rates have decreased
by more than 60%.
Uganda’s decision to turn the Bwindi
Impenetrable Forest into a World Heritage
Site to protect the mountain gorillas,
although difficult for the Batwa, has had
a silver lining: the many people who visit
the region to see the gorillas have also
gained an appreciation and a heart for the
displaced Batwa.
The survival of the Keepers of the Forest
such as the Batwa and Basua depends on
individuals and groups like the Kellermann
Foundation, volunteers, professionals from
many industries, and the local Ugandans
working together to provide such programs
as the Batwa Development Program,
education opportunities, health care, and
training in agriculture and other skills. DT

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March 5, 2014 - Uganda - A gorilla in the rainforest of Uganda near by the Congo. The last 300 gorillas are protected here.

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March 5, 2014 - Uganda - The entire Pygmies tribe, including the eldest and children, celebrate with dancing the return of the hunters.

January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - At a small hospital, doctors help a young boy get rid of his cast. DTzine.com 23
March 5, 2014 - Uganda - Pygmies prepare fire to suppress the bees for honey collection.

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March 5, 2014 - Uganda - The last king of the Basuas pygmy tribe, King Nzito. Some anthropologists estimate that pygmy tribes such as
the Batwa have existed in the equatorial forests of Africa for 60,000 years or more.
King Nzito holds a pipe. In Basua culture marijuanna holds important religious value, because it is by smoking it that leaders can build a
link with the gods.

January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his gun in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood.
March 5, 2014 - Uganda - Pygmies climbing a tree and using smoke on bees for honey collection. The smoke triggers a primitive reflex
in the bees which makes them think that a fire is nearby. Rather that surrender to the fire, the bees consume large amounts of honey
for fuel which causes a stupidfied drowsfy effect and makes the honey extraction easier for the Pygmies.

Table Of Contents: April 4 to June 30, 2014
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April 4, 2014
Hamde Abu Rahm
April 18, 2014
Alessandro Di Meo
April 24, 2014
Oliver Contreras
May 19, 2014 Kurt Miller May 20, 2014
Mikhail Pochuyev
May 20, 2014 Then Chih Wey
May 20, 2014
Hossain Chowdhury
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April 23, 2014 Oliver Contreras April 24, 2014 Joel Marklund
April 25, 2014 Whitehotpix April 24, 2013
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Jon Durr
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May 20, 2014 80
Kiko Huesca May 24, 2014 Artyom Korotayev
May 27, 2014 Li Suren May 28, 2014
Thomas Aichinger
May
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88 90 92 94
April 28, 2014
Brad Vest
April 30, 2014
Thomas Padilla
April 30, 2014
Jim Lytle
May 28, 2014
Wang Lei
May 29, 2014
Sergei Savostyanov
May 29, 2014
Adrian Brooks
May 30, 2014
ChinaFotopress
june
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May 2, 2014
Ruslan Shamukov
May 2, 2014
Panoramic
May 9, 2014
Valery Sharifulin
May 13, 2014
Tali Mayer
June 3, 2014
Ali Jadallah
June 5, 2014
Michael Kappeler
June 15, 2014
Stuart Palley
Andrew Boyers
May 14, 2014 Sean M. Haffey May 14, 2014 K.C. Alfred May 17, 2014 Radoslaw Nawrocki May 18, 2014
Riccardo Antimiani
J.M. Garcia
64 64 68 70
Cherie Diez
102 104 106 108
June 21, 2014 Isabel Infantes June 24, 2014 Imago June 27, 2014
David Eulitt
June 28, 2014
Liang Xu
Scott Mc Kiernan
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good friday
Picture by Hamde Abu Rahma/NurPhoto/ZUMA
April 4, 2014 - Ramallah, State of Palestine - Tear gas fills the air at the Ofer Prison demonstration. 17 Palestinians injured while protesting Israel’s retraction
of the last prisoner release agreement. Dozens of others wounded and more suffered severe gas inhalation. A Palestinian photographer, sustained two injuries, in the
stomach and face from Israel’s army.
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good friday
Picture by Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA/ZUMA
April 18, 2014 - Holy See, Vatican City - POPE FRANCIS lies on the ground for the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday at St Peter’s basilica at the Vatican.
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Truth Has No Ally
Picture by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto/ZUMA
April 18, 2014 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - Members of the Garu Student Union of Bangladesh form a human chain in front of the Dhaka Press Club to demand the arrest
of a rapist and to demand an end to violence towards women and especially those from the indigenous community.
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Pow Wow
Picture by Oliver Contreras/ZUMA
April 23, 2014 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - A group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities from along the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route, called
the Cowboy Indian Alliance, came to the nation’s capital and set up camp at the National Mall to tell President Obama to reject the pipeline.
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spike
Picture by Joel Marklund/Bildbyran/ZUMA
April 24, 2014 - Linköping Sporthallen, Sweden - Martin Larsson and Carl Ahremark of the Linköping Volleyboll Club (in blue), jump up to block a
vicious spike by Falkenberg’s Jordan Varee, during final three in SM-finals in volleyball between Linköping and Falkenberg.
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When Pigs Fly
Picture by Whitehotpix/ZUMA
April 25, 2014 - Wenzhou, China - Firefighters successfully rescued a 600-pound pig who fell down a well at a pig farm Friday morning.
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Wash and Wear
Picture by Jon Durr/Cal Sport Media/ZUMA
April 26, 2014 - Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. - Madison Park, ridden by Kyle Carter, competes in the Cross County Test at the Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park.
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Home, HOME At Last
Picture by Brad Vest/The Commercial Appeal/ZUMA
April 28, 2014 - Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. - Constance Lambert embraces her dog after finding it alive when returning to her destroyed home. Lambert was at
an event away from her home when the tornado struck and rushed back to check on her pets.
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Home, home at last
Picture by Jim Lytle/ZUMA
April 28, 2014 - Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. - Constance Lambert embraces her dog after finding it alive when returning to her destroyed home. Lambert was at an event
away from her home when the tornado struck and rushed back to check on her pets.
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EF-4
Picture by Jim Lytle/ZUMA
April 30, 2014 - Louisville, Mississippi, U.S - Sarah Smith folds clothing on her dining room table in her destroyed home Wednesday, after a tornado touched down on
Monday, April 28, 2014. The U. S. National Weather Service has rated this tornado an EF-4.
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Without Words
Picture by Ruslan Shamukov/ITAR-TASS/ZUMA
May 2, 2014 - St. Petersburg, Russia - Irina Perren, performs during a preview of Nacho Duato’s triple bill Without Words. Prelude. White Darkness at
the Mikhailovsky Theatre.
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Far Side of The Moon
Picture by Panoramic/ZUMA
May 2, 2014 - Jordan - Racer Abdulla Alqasimi rides his Ford Fiesta RRC during the 2014 Jordan Rally.
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sunbathing
Picture by Valery Sharifulin/TASS/ZUMA
May 9, 2014 - Moscow, Russian Federation - In the bright noon day light on Moscow’s famous Red Square, military officers in full dress, march in formation
during the Victory Day military parade, marking the 69th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.
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Picture by Christophe Karaba/EPA

C CP
Picture by Tali Mayer/NurPhoto/ZUMA
May 13, 2014 - Donetsk, Ukraine - Two youths dance together under neon CCP lights in the ‘’USSR’’ nightclub the evening after the celebration for the
result of the referendum organized by the People’s Republic of Donetsk to secede from Ukraine and possibly join the Russian Federation.
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Number One Priority
Picture by Sean M. Haffey/U-T San Diego/ZUMA
May 14, 2014 - San Marcos, California, U.S. - The hills behind Cal State San Marcos burn as structures caught fire and others were threatened. Homes and brush burned in the canyons
near Coronado Hills Road in the hills of San Marcos. The San Marcos blaze, dubbed the Cocos fire, is the county’s “number one priority,’’ Cal Fire Battalion Chief Nick Schuler said.
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Scorched Picture by K.C. Alfred/U-T San Diego/ZUMA
May 14, 2014 - Carlsbad, California, U.S. - The Poinsettia Fire burned close to many homes in Carlsbad. California firefighters have continued to battle up to 9 wildfires,
which have scorched more than 11,000 acres and caused thousands to flee.
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Bring Back Our Girls
Picture by Abed Rahim Khatib/NurPhoto/ZUMA
May 17, 2014 - Cannes, France - Actress Salma Hayek holds up a sign reading ‘Bring Back Our Girls,’ part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 Nigerian
schoolgirls being held by extremist group Boko Haram, as she attends the ‘Saint Laurent’ premiere during the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.
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Here’s Looking at You
Picture by Riccardo Antimiani/Eidon Press/ZUMA
May 18, 2014 - Rome, Italy - Serena Williams celebrates with the trophy after winning her third Italian Open victory, beating home favorite Sara Errani 6-3, 6-0 in Rome.
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safe in her arms
Picture by Kurt Miller/The Orange County Register/ZUMA
May 19, 2014 - Riverside, California, U.S. - Riverside Police Chief Sergio Diaz, presents a flag to Regina, the widow of Riverside police Officer Michael Crain, as
Michael’s nephew, Tyler Camonte, comforts her, during the ceremony. The names of two officers who died serving Riverside County were to a memorial during
a ceremony at the ‘’Safe in His Arms’’ memorial statue. Officer Crain was killed by Christopher Dorner.
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Night of The Living Dead
Picture by Mikhail Pochuyev/TASS/ZUMA
Night of The Living Dead Picture by Mikhail Pochuyev/TASS/ZUMA
May 20, 2014 - Slavyansk, Ukraine - Crying and holding on for dear life after their house is destroyed during a Ukrainian forces night shelling.
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Above Water Picture by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua/ZUMA
May 20, 2014 - Singapore - Australian swimmer Christian Sprenger swims in the infinity pool during the ‘’Singapore Swim Stars” swimming festival press conference at
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands.
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Tuesday
Picture by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/ZUMA
May 20, 2014 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - Two laborers haul barrels on a wooden cart on a Tuesday.
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Head Over Heels Picture by Kiko Huesca/EFE/ZUMA
May 20, 2014 - Madrid, Spain - Spanish bullfighter David Mora fights a bull during a bullfighting held on the occassion of the 12th journey of the San Isidro Fair at Las Ventas bullring.
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Down Picture by Artyom Korotayev/TASS/ZUMA
May 24, 2014 - Minsk , Russia - Sweden’s goalie Anders Nilsson concedes a goal in the 2014 IIHF World Championship semi-final ice hockey match against Russia
at Minsk Arena Stadium. The Russian team won the game 3:1 and advanced to the final.
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Time Stays Still
Picture by Li Suren/Xinhua/ZUMA
May 27, 2014 - Jingning, Zhejiang Province, China - In a reflection in water, a farmer walks along the terraced fields in Wubu Village of Jingning. She Autonomous
County, in China’s Zhejiang Province. The villagers, which retain many ancient She ethnic customs, are busy farming as terraced fields here enter the plough
season.
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White Knights
Picture by Wang Lei/Xinhua/ZUMA
May 28, 2014 - West Point, New York, U.S. - A sea of cadets attend the graduation ceremony at the United States Military Academy.
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Water World
Picture by Thomas Aichinger/VW Pics/ZUMA
May 28, 2014 - Tyrol, Austria - Scuba diver, with a red lantern underwater, in a lake in the dense Alpine forest.
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Face of Nature
Picture by Sergei Savostyanov/TASS/ZUMA
May 29, 2014 - Moscow, Russia. Surreal projection ‘Face of Nature¹ by Clement Briend, famous French artist and photographer, presented during the Polytech Festival of
Science and Curiosity, at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre. The festival is organized by Russian Polytechnic Museum and American World Science Festival.
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Go Pink
Picture by Adrian Brooks/Imagewise/UPPA/ZUMA
May 29, 2014 - London, England, United Kingdom - Shocked commuters go bananas when they see pink gorillas hitting the pavement to encourage women across the UK
to sign up for Cancer Research.
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DUCK DUCK Goose
Picture by Chinafotopress/DPA/ZUMA
May 30, 2014 - Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China - A giant inflatable Rubber Duck designed by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman is on display at the Xixi National
Wetland Park. Dutch conceptual artist Florentijin Hofman’s inflatable Rubber Duck starts a new tours in China again. It will be exhibited in nine mainland cities in China,
starting from June 1 in Hangzhou for a month and will takes off to Qingdao then.
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Bridge People
Picture by Ezra Acayan/ZUMA
June 3, 2014 - Paranaque, Philippines - A family rests under a busy bridge they use as a shelter in Paranaque, suburban Manila. Between the water below and traffic passing
overhead, many Filipino families in poverty have set-up makeshift homes under bridges. According to the United Nations, one tenth of slum dwellers live in Metro Manila
with 80,000 people per square kilometre in some neighborhoods.
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Deja Vu
Picture by Michael Kappeler/DPA/ZUMA
June 5, 2014 - Ranville, Normandy, France - Former paratrooper, Fred Glover (88), WWof the 9th regiment from Brighton watches a landing by soldiers of the Parachute
Regiment during events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings by Allied Forces during World War II.
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Fire season
Picture by Stuart Palley/ZUMA
June 15, 2014 - Lake Isabella, Kern County, California, U.S - The Shirley Fire burning near Lake Isabella, while a helicopter circles overhead and crews work on a slipover. By morning the
fire had burned 2200 acres and was 10% contained. At least two structures were lost.
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Rainbow Dance
Picture by Isabel Infantes/London News Pictures/ZUMA
June 21, 2014 - Stonehenge, England, United Kingdom - A girl aglow with a rainbow of colors from her led light-up hula hoop dances around the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge to
celebrate the Summer Solstice as she admires the beautiful sunset.
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Hungry For The Win
Picture by Imago/ZUMA
June 24, 2014 - Natal, Brazil - Luiz Suarez of Uruguay holds his teeth after his clash with Giorgio Chiellini Italy who lays on the ground clutching his shoulder. Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 and
they will advance out of their group to the top 16 teams with Costa Rica. Suarez was suspended for 9 matches. This is Suarez’s third biting incident.
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NOOOOOO!
Picture by David Eulitt/Kanas City Star/ZUMA
June 26, 2014 - Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. - Just moments after the game’s only goal by Germany, Meghan Kennedy of Leawood, Kansas, lower center, reacts in frustration with
thousands of soccer fans in the Power & Light District. The United States advanced on points in World Cup Group G action despite losing to Germany 1-0.
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boys of spring
Picture by Scott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA
June 28, 2014 – Laguna Beach, California, U..S. - T-ball in full action. As Casey’s Cupcakes has bases loaded and hit the ball to the pitcher and Hobie’s goes for the play at First.
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CHNOLOGIST
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TECHNOLOGIST
ZEISS
S i g h t
BY
STAN SHOLIK
Shot with 30mm f5.6 on Leica S2
T he resolution of digital SLR sensors are
on a slow but consistent rise. Manufacturers
are eliminating anti-aliasing filters to improve
sharpness. This is forcing optics firms to
design and manufacture lenses that exceed
the resolution of these and future sensors
while minimizing the lens aberrations that
photographers are becoming increasingly
aware of.
To meet this need, Carl Zeiss made the
decision to produce the finest lens, both
optically and mechanically, that current
technology and a century of experience would
permit. The Zeiss Otus 1.4/55 is the result.
With a MSRP of $3990, the price of perfection
is high.
As the Zeiss Touit lens line for mirrorless
cameras is named after a genus of small
parrotlike birds, the Otus lens is named for a
genus of owls renowned for their night vision.
From the looks of the Zeiss website, www.
lenses.zeiss.com, other lenses will likely join
the 55mm f/1.4 to form an Otus lens line of
fast, high performance optics.
Where other f/1.4 normal (approximately
50mm) lenses are generally based on the
Planar lens design, the Otus is based on the
retrofocus (reverse telephoto) Distagon design.
While this choice certainly seems to be the
right one for optimum optical performance, it
also is responsible for the 2.27 lb. weight, 3.64
inch front diameter, and 5.66 inch length of the
lens. I noticed these immediately as I mounted
the lens on my Nikon D800E which, with its
MB-D12 accessory battery pack, weighs just a
little less than the lens. While the D800E body
and Otus lens are reasonably well balanced for
hand holding, the system definitely deserves
to be tripod mounted with the mirror locked
up to maximize the performance.
Mechanically the lens exceeds the
already high standards of the ZEISS lens line.
The focusing mechanism uses ball bearings
like the best cinematography lenses for a silky
smooth feel, free of play or backlash. Only
manual focusing is possible. The large, grippy
focusing ring rotates through 248 degrees
from the minimum 19.7 inch focusing distance
to infinity, ensuring precise focus, but requiring
some time and turning to move through the
entire range. The focusing ring stops rotating
at each end of the range. And the focus ring
on the Canon and Nikon versions rotates in
the same direction as lenses made by Canon
and Nikon.

The all metal lens is finished to a satin
sheen. Distance scales in feet and meters
are shown in bright yellow. Depth of field
markings are provided below the distance
scales for every aperture. There is even a mark
for infrared focusing correction.
While the attention to mechanical details
is impressive, the optical performance is even
more so. Images captured with this lens seem
almost three dimensional, especially at wide
apertures with a high resolution camera such
as the Nikon D800E. There is about one EV
of vignetting at f/1.4 that diminishes until
it disappears by f/5.6. Other than that, and
almost imperceptibly thin lines of color fringing
at f/1.4, optical aberrations are nonexistent at
all apertures and from the center of the frame
to the edges.
Where other lenses, even my most highly
corrected macro lenses, have an optimum
aperture, the Otus delivers superb images at
every aperture. This allows you to select an
aperture to control depth of field rather than
to maximize image quality.
The lens offers advantages for
photographers in nearly every discipline other
than action sports. Landscape photographers
can shoot with the sun at the edge of the
frame and even in the frame without flare
or ghosts appearing in the image. In high
contrast landscape situations, shadow areas
are free of veiling glare and you can open
the shadow areas without them becoming
dull and low contrast. Lack of veiling glare in
the shadows will also be appreciated by HDR
photographers, where many images require
additional post-processing to remove a gray
haze in the shadows.
While it probably isn’t the lens of choice
for fast-paced photojournalistic wedding
coverage, it is ideal for other wedding
photographers. The ability to accurately
capture an extremely wide dynamic range
will hold details in the bride’s dress as well
as the groom’s tuxedo. And the freedom
from distortion ensures that members of the
wedding party at the ends of group shots
aren’t any wider than they are in real life.
If the 55mm focal length is appropriate
to the assignment, architectural, product and
still life photographers will not find a lens
that delivers better sharpness throughout the
frame, lower distortion, more accurate color,
and greater freedom from flare. A studio shot
that I did of crystal glassware on a backlit
sweep Plexiglas sweep table was perfectly
sharp with crisp edges to the glass despite the
background exposure being just overexposed.
And, while the Otus is more appropriate
for head and shoulder portraits with an APS-C
format sensor body where it becomes the
equivalent of approximately an 85mm f/1.4,
with a high resolution full frame body you can
step back and crop in later. However, when
pulled back from the subject, and especially
in low light, achieving precise focus at f/1.4
can be a challenge. Camera (if hand held) and
subject movement combined with the inherent
difficulty of using a digital SLR focusing screen
to focus manually can all lead to loss of focus
on the eyes. Working closer to the subject
may make it easier to focus, but with the face
at an angle to the camera, it is impossible to
hold focus on both eyes at f/1.4.
Portraits with the lens stopped down
to apertures of f/4 or smaller yields a higher
percentage of in-focus captures. But be warned
that this is a lens for subjects with perfect skin
or professional makeup. Otherwise, you may
be in for some serious post-processing to
please the client.
There is no doubt that this is the finest
lens, both mechanically and optically, ever
produced for a 35mm camera, film or
digital. For photographers looking for a lens
that delivers the ultimate image quality in a
“normal” focal length for current Canon and
Nikon digital cameras and for future cameras
with even higher resolution sensors, the Zeiss
Otus 1.4/55 is that lens.
Stan Sholik is a commercial/advertising
photographer in Santa Ana, CA, specializing
in still life and macro photography. His latest
book on macro photography will be published
by Amherst Media this summer. DT
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f1.4, 1/640
Shot with ZeissOtus55 on f2.8 on Nikon D800E
f5.6, 1/30 f11, 1/4000
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