Dancing

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Edited by stiuskr - 11 December 2018 at 22:44

Thanks for starting this theme Rob, and very good first set.

Especially like #1 and 4. Nice compositions with the geometric shapes of the robes. 2 is nice as well, but the cut off hand and flag is slightly disturbing. Also like the facial expression of the horse in 5 a lot (actually the human in the horse)

Michael, especially like your second one, allthough a tad wider framing would have made it even better. I know where you're coming from in the first, but personally I'd rather see the dancing blonde in focus vs. the grumpy old wallflower in the back

I've got some more at home that I need to PP, but here are three from an experimental open air dance festival that I posted before:






all 3 A700 + 80-200 HS G

Edited by pegelli - 08 July 2009 at 07:40

Thanks for posting common, reminded me I had promised to PP a few more and post, but had totally forgotten about it

First one is an awesome pose, well captured. The second one is nice as well, but there the background distracts a bit, while in the first one the background people are nicely lined up in the composition and it reinforces the general amazement of what the guy is doing.

Edited by Pavel - 14 July 2009 at 17:21

Great shots Pavel. It's amazing what the people of Africa have to offer in a great spiritual dance culture.

EDIT: Only saw your series after I posted Mike, very nice and colorful reportage. Especially like the one shot with only the feet and socks. Well spotted that one!

Here's something closer to (my) home. A group called L-contempo from Antwerp with a work called "borderline" by Lily Ann Suys, which they performed at Dance.Impact 2009. This was the finals for "Belgian Ambassadors of Modern Dance 2009", which they didn't win, but all 7 finalists had cracking performances.

"Sequence":





All 3 A700 + 85/1.4G @ f3.2 and ISO 2000

I've grown very fond of this series, so would like C&C very much as I'm afraid I'm too emotionally attached by the whole atmosphere of this fantastic dance evening.

Edited by pegelli - 14 July 2009 at 18:55

some dancing

Sony DSLR-A700
1/250s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso800

Sony DSLR-A700
1/160s f/3.2 at 135.0mm iso400

Sony DSLR-A700
1/200s f/3.2 at 200.0mm iso800

Some stunning work going on here. Glad I decided to turn my first post into a Theme instead of another OV thread.
Here's another from a few weeks ago, a young one that surely loves her polka.