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Kyrgyz Man in a Kalpak - Murghab, Tajikistan

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Kyrgyz Man in a Kalpak - Murghab, Tajikistan
© October 09 2007, Uncornered Market

This smooth character in his tall kalpak (traditional Kyrgyz felt hat) and sunglasses eyed the table at a billiards hall in Murghab. Tajikistan. Kyrgyz in Tajikistan? Odd borders (which are rife throughout the former Soviet Union) in and around Murghab and Tajik-Kyrgyz border areas are heavily populated by ethnic Kyrgyz.


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Camera Setings
Model - NIKON D70
Exposure - 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture - f/5.6
Exposure Bias - 0/6 EV
Focal Length - 120 mm


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