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sharpfocus
7th of March 2006 (Tue), 01:53
At the Mercado in San Antonio. This dancer was very good. Comments welcomed. ...Bob

http://www.filelodge.com/files/room13/328235/1167.jpg
hoopscoach
7th of March 2006 (Tue), 10:06
great shot. was the effect done with post processing or while shooting?

nice to see a fellow texan!
kwang0429
7th of March 2006 (Tue), 10:16
unesseccery motionblur in my opinion... would look better just with DOF on the girl since she is in a steady stance.
Lotj
7th of March 2006 (Tue), 10:26
I like it, even the motion.

When the photo would be 'calm', you wouldn't notice that she's dancing. Now you can really 'feel' it! (it even makes me a bit dizzy... :) )

She's also wearing a pants, not very typical for female Spanish dancers, but that and the way how she looks really give an attitude to her.

Love it!
sharpfocus
7th of March 2006 (Tue), 11:14
That was pure gaussian blur done to the extreme. The background was so sharp and ugly that this was my way of dealing with it. Here is another of the same girl who gave a very impressive performance. She moved so fast it was hard to see her feet at times... just a blur. Thanks for the comments. ...Bob


http://www.filelodge.com/files/room13/328235/1166.jpg
superdiver
7th of March 2006 (Tue), 13:42
So I am trying to figure out why the back ground is in motion? Is the the blur filter you applied or did you pan?
sharpfocus
7th of March 2006 (Tue), 14:32
It just looks like a motion blur. I didn't move anything. What I did was make a layer in Photoshop and then did a very radical gaussian blur and then I erased the parts I wanted to be sharp. In the original, the background is tack sharp but too distracting I thought. ...Bob
fc3s89
8th of March 2006 (Wed), 20:30
I like it. Good use of the blur to isolate the subject from a messy background while also showing the movement of a dance
ajbalazic
8th of March 2006 (Wed), 23:05
As James mentioned, you have certainly isolated her. My eye can't leave her at all.
snapshot9670
9th of March 2006 (Thu), 00:28
I like the effect.

I think it would've worked better on the 2nd one had she been moving horizontally. Good job nonetheless!
sharpfocus
19th of March 2006 (Sun), 02:33
These two pictures are favorites of mine. You had to be there to get the true feeling. Thank you very much for commenting. :-) ...Bob