46289 is a very nice shot. That light is probably going to be a problem for any camera. Would the dancers be totally bummed if you used just a little bit of flash? Paul On Feb 14, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I was asked to take photos at a party last night. I shot everything with the > K20D at 3200 using my Sigma 20/1.8 wide open at 1/20. The party was dimly > lit with a few red bulbs, Scott calls his parties "Blues in Red". This was a > birthday party for one of the local blues dancers who recently moved up to > Seattle. > > In the blues and swing dance communities, when someone has a birthday, they > get a birthday jam, where the dancer(s) being jammed will be in the middle of > the circle and the other dancers will take turns stealing them, and dancing > until someone else steals them. > > Most of the focusing was done by manually focusing on something at about the > right distance and relying on depth of field and luck, mostly luck. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623436322776/ > > While I'm getting better at understanding that a good photograph doesn't > always have to be sharp, it's usually best if the subject is recognizable. It > would sure be nice to have a bit more shutter speed, a bit more depth of > field, or a bit less noise. > > Even so, it was a fun night of dancing, and I think a couple of these shots > are keepers. No special processing was done on most of them apart from > cropping and some slight exposure tweaking. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
