Author Topic: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show  (Read 1413 times)

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A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« on: August 24, 2016, 19:37:18 »
I try to shoot this show every year. It involves hundreds of dancers (from 5 to 40 years old) in a professional stage setting.
Last year I shot with a D750/D4 and Df. Lenses were mostly 24-70 and 70-200. A vast array of light sources created a WB nightmare so in post processing I had to choose what I remembered the scene like. Anyhow, here are a few of the images:

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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2016, 19:38:58 »
Very nice! Thank You! 

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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2016, 21:55:03 »
Very nice Sten! I know that the WB is a nightmare, but you seem to have managed just fine. I really like picture nr 5 :)

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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2016, 22:19:05 »
wow, great series, really like the motion blur in 1538

and yes white balance in this cases becomes all about perception
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2016, 22:22:29 »
Beautiful series Sten. Some of the shots look like a page from fairy-tale novel. My fav #7 and #8 in this series. Thanks for sharing

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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2016, 07:21:21 »
Damn these are good. You set the bar quiet high for me.
Remember WB is to a great extend quite subjective.
You edit as you like the end result. Many of us has a bias towards one end or the other of the scale. 
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2016, 12:29:34 »
Impressive series! Only nit pick is the black boxes, sound? in front of the stage, I would edit those out, at last the red diodes,,,
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2016, 12:41:04 »
Love #2 and 5.

When I was using D40, I had to shoot a concert.  The lightings of prime color seemd to be difficult to handle with the Beyer sensor.  The camera Sten used should be much more advanced, but I appreciate your sense of timing to capture beautiful moments of the theater.

The long black boxes on the front edge of the stage look like foot lights.
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2016, 13:02:20 »
Very fine series of photos. Your concern about getting the white balance correct has been solved in my opinion. The colors are strikingly dramatic nicely complementing the action on stage.


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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2016, 13:20:08 »
#3 and #5 for me, the whole series is fab though.
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2016, 17:53:59 »
#5 / 1538 👍👍👍
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2016, 20:32:08 »
Nice series indeed !

Never easy to cope with light available in this kind of photography.

I think the best (and easiest) way is to set the WB on ''auto'', and trust the machine... ;) :)

Like most of us, i prefer the motioned image.

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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2016, 01:19:30 »
Really well done!!
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2016, 09:27:50 »
1538 is very special and I like the interaction between the cast in 6580

Generally speaking I would be very happy with these pictures if it was my play and you presented me these!
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Re: A few from a local dance school's 2015 Christmas show
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2016, 08:24:10 »
These are excellent and good enought to get you membership of the Royal Photographich society or similar.
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