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By no means technically perfect shots but I liked the energy coming from them. When this hiphop dancegroup is dancing they show so much energy I had to give it a try to catch it :)







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Quite wonderful shots Bob - I really like these.

I would be interested in how you did the last image - it looks like a multiple exposure shot!

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Hugh_T said:
Quite wonderful shots Bob - I really like these.

I would be interested in how you did the last image - it looks like a
multiple exposure shot!
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Thanks Hugh, the last one is with the help of the stage stroboscope. As I had a relatively long exposure (1/10th) the stroboscope fired a couple of times during that. I zoomed in at the same time so you see them in different sizes. Flash was fired to freeze the main image.

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armaco said:
Bob ...

Firsty I wish a realy great and happy 2009 ... for you and your
family :-)

wow ... the no2 and no3 are great , you captured for sure their
energy...
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Thanks Kostas and best to you and your family too!

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ainesmja said:
Great job once again Bob!!

Love the feeling of movement and the colours. Fantastic.
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Did I tell you it is that unusable iso400? Thanks!

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rick decker said:
looks like the dreaded Sigma yellow cast! Nice shots and very creative.
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Yep, tried really all tricks... nut all to no avail... disturbing isn't it?

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Hi Bob, look at these several times, and reading the comments, after a while I am thinking that the third is the one with the most possibilities - and most usable results here as you stretch to meet the enthusiasm, the energy, and the lighting conditions.

What occurred to me finally is that what made #3 work was mainly in the near-dominance of one of the strobed positions. Good expressions there and so forth.

So my thought was that a possibly more fruitful variation could be to use a good and powerful main flash, and collect several stage strobe cycles with one from this dominant flash. Some electronics could even fix a synchronization.

Or another way could be to shoot the high-flashed shot, and in digital darkroom merge with some multi-strobe background. More control on when you get the decisive moment; less synchronization.

Anyway. thoughts. Maybe you need a 'Purple Rain' digital camera synth, eh?? Or just listen to U2 as I am right now :). Trilogy from The Joshua Tree.

Here's an article I was just reading again; you might like it? Ah, can't read unless you make a login at http://www.mckinsey.com . That's free and free of bother but I'll email it to you anyway. Pixar Oscar-winning animated film director.

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Innovation/Innovation_lessons_from_Pixar_An_interview_with_Oscar-winning_director_Brad_Bird_2127

Best,
Clive
 
NarrBL said:
Hi Bob, look at these several times, and reading the comments, after
a while I am thinking that the third is the one with the most
possibilities - and most usable results here as you stretch to meet
the enthusiasm, the energy, and the lighting conditions.

What occurred to me finally is that what made #3 work was mainly in
the near-dominance of one of the strobed positions. Good expressions
there and so forth.

So my thought was that a possibly more fruitful variation could be to
use a good and powerful main flash, and collect several stage strobe
cycles with one from this dominant flash. Some electronics could
even fix a synchronization.

Or another way could be to shoot the high-flashed shot, and in
digital darkroom merge with some multi-strobe background. More
control on when you get the decisive moment; less synchronization.

Anyway. thoughts. Maybe you need a 'Purple Rain' digital camera
synth, eh?? Or just listen to U2 as I am right now :). Trilogy from
The Joshua Tree.

Here's an article I was just reading again; you might like it? Ah,
can't read unless you make a login at http://www.mckinsey.com . That's free
and free of bother but I'll email it to you anyway. Pixar
Oscar-winning animated film director.

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Innovation/Innovation_lessons_from_Pixar_An_interview_with_Oscar-winning_director_Brad_Bird_2127
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Thanks a lot Clive! Very interesting thinking. I personally don't like replicating those effects in PS. But you gave me a lot of food for thought to experiment more with this all. Lately time was a bit of an obstacle to experiment. Maybe the new year will bring some of that back :) And I loved the interview. I have been a big Pixar fan from the beginning. After spending a big part of christmas watching movies I came again to the conclusion that they are in a league of their own. Instead of making an animated movie they want to make a movie and use animation for that... There is a nice short documentary about the history of Pixar and their shorts. It gave a very nice insight in their basic thinking which was also coming out from that interview. thanks once again!

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Mike Gerstner said:
very creative idea, Bob.........with some very good results.
Looks like 1st curtain sync?
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Yep 1st curtain sync and then lens zoom on the 18-200OS. The OS helps in this case a lot to get pretty straight lines. The 18-200 is a great lens for such techniques :)

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You can really feel the motion in these shot and a ton of energy. Wow, thanks for sharing.
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Good shots; they sure show a lot of the energy you mention!

Regards,
Mischa
 
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