alexiusvanderwesthuizen

The little giant slayer

The little giant slayer

This is part of a series I did for a local boxer who is on his way to becoming a world class champion. I did a whole fitness series of shots, but with his nephe...
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This is part of a series I did for a local boxer who is on his way to becoming a world class champion. I did a whole fitness series of shots, but with his nephew watching him, and also donning a pair of boxing gloves, I requested him to pose and he just immediately took up the stance in the photo. There was just so much powerful raw emotion in this shot that I couldn't let it go by.
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NIKON D3

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 550/10

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Sep, 2015

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