Low wire performance

[Airy]

From a peaceful and mild Saturday in Lille. Df, 300 PF (gawd what a nice lens). FL was a bit too long in general for such subjects; the 70-200 would have been ideal (especially the lighter f/4 one).

[Akira]

#3 looks so surreal that draws my attention the most in this series. 

[Airy]

Indeed ; there were 6-7 wires and lots of people silently floating in the air

The Lady (in her sixties) was quite passionately taking shots in awkward positions and got very good results using WA settings. The pics with the 300 PF look a bit flat, it is not the perfect lens under such circumstances.

[armando_m]

I had to go back and look closer to #3 , i initially though it was a girl with a red hat

[Akira]

Airy, I also wondered what the lady was doing. 

A 300mm lens might have been too long in such a "proximity", but the right amount of DOF in #3 separates these two figures from the background nicely and at the same time gives a nice environmental explanation to the image.

[brent_e]

this is called "slacklining"

Popularized by Dean Potter who did a highline without a harness or safety tether to lost arrow spire in Yosemite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaqlM7W1HNI

[Airy]

*shudder*

[brent_e]

ya....for sure.  Potter (and others) have fallen off while solo highlining, but have managed to catch the line on their way past. 

Thanks for sharing these photos, Airy!