Ladies Leaping (8 shots)

[Curtis N]

Fine Lines Dance Company
Rockford, Illinois
Spring Show 2007

1.
http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-253.jpg

2.
http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-266.jpg

3.
http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-205.jpg

4.
http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-204.jpg

5.
http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-195.jpg

6.
http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-191.jpg

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http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-241.jpg

8.
http://performancephoto.us/images/Dance%2007/Dance07-239.jpg

[Shutter22]

Excellent. Your timing was great. What were the settings for these shots?

[Curtis N]

We were blessed with a lot of light in this theatre, though it was uneven with too much from overhead. I used Tv mode at 1/400 with safety shift and ISO 3200. I was getting apertures anywhere from f/5.6 to f/8 give or take. I could have dropped the ISO a stop or two but decided to leave it at 3200 to see how it worked.

The result was I didn't reject a single shot because of focus issues. The increased DOF from stopping down was a rare blessing indeed!

[InspiredGraphix]

Awesome shots Curtis.

Love the isolation in the first.

I am surely going to have to try this TV mode / safety shift setup. I either use Av or Manual normally.

Rob