Festival Ballet's "Sleeping Beauty"

CyberDyneSystems · 7th of June 2004 (Mon)

Last big shoot with the 10D before the MkII arrived.. finally got around to uploading some..

REMEMBER SOME These are being resized in an AWEFULL way..

Please click the image for a better view.. I think the last one is getting hit the hardest (many are being BLOWN UP?? )...

Belmondo · 7th of June 2004 (Mon)

Absolutely gorgeious, CDS. You didn't need a new camera.

Scottes · 7th of June 2004 (Mon)

Nice shots CDS! The one of the queen simply rocks.

PacAce · 7th of June 2004 (Mon)

Great shots, CDS.

msvadi · 7th of June 2004 (Mon)

beautiful shots

cmM · 7th of June 2004 (Mon)

Those are some really outstanding photos. Very nicely done.

J.A.F. Doorhof · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

WOW, great performance photo's.
I love the angle and would love to see them in poster format

.

Great work.

Greetings,
Frank

damnengine · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

the composition of the last one is amazing. The first one rocks my panties too, it looks so surreal with the legs blended in the background. Great shots.

IanD · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

Excellent work CDS. Cannot wait to see results from the MK II

robekert · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

These are great CDS. There is a lot to like about a lot of the shots.
Rob

NILOLIGIST · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

WOW!! Alll great shots. I like the 1,2& 4 the best. I love all dance photos what a honor to be allowed to photograph this.

Some details, what lens did you use? Were you asked to take photos?

NiL,

CyberDyneSystems · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

Thanks folks!

A few answers.. in no particular order..

Eos 10D with 70-200mm f/2.8 IS
ISO 800 or 1600 depnding on lighting, most are AV @ f/2.8

Festival performs on the stage that I manage (Tech Director) and has given me permission to take phots during rehearsals.. Althought these were "dress rehearsal" you can see the mix of full costume and the occasional pair of sweat pants of leggings you'd not see during a perfromance...

Also,. by shooting during rehearsals.. I get some strange environments with unfinished lighting,.. and in many cases obscure backgrounds...

In the last shot above.. the backdrop for the scene had not yet been hung.. thus instead all that we see is a standard white Cyclorama that has been colored with "Cyc" lights.. this happy coincidence gave me an amazing backdrop for many of the shots,.. it worked very well in this case for sure giving a dreamuy effect that the painted castle backdrop would not have.

FYI the "Witch/Queen" is the Companie's Artisitc Director, Mihailo Djuric, ...in drag!

He spent much of the rehearsals looking like "Cher"... but in the photos I found the character to be extremely photogenic.. his sense of "drama" clearly visible..

I've not gotten the nerve to send him a print yet.. but I think I should 8)

stopbath · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

Yes, provide a copy of the Queen shot to the artistic director. It really a great shot. (My favorite of the bunch). The shot seems heavily orange though. The way he is holding his fingers works well with the crown!

CyberDyneSystems · 8th of June 2004 (Tue)

Yes,. the "orange" reflects the actual lighting in use quite accurately..

FYI only the last photo above saw any time in PS..

The rest are either extracted half res jpegs reduced or reductions of Large Fine jpegs with only "ACSsee Auto levels" .. or no level/color adjustment at all... I find ACDSee's autolevels tends to make everythuing far to cool and blue.. so I can't use it often.. like with the Witch photo.

When I'm prepping this many photos for uploading I rarely do any real post processing... so these are mostly straight out of camera other than a crop.

So.. the WitchQueen will get some color tweaking before printing!

7th of June 2004 (Mon)	#1
CyberDyneSystems Wait, all that time and all I get is "Cream of the Damn Crop" ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Providence RI Posts: 37,437 IMAGE EDITING OK	Festival Ballet's "Sleeping Beauty" Last big shoot with the 10D before the MkII arrived.. finally got around to uploading some.. REMEMBER SOME These are being resized in an AWEFULL way.. Please click the image for a better view.. I think the last one is getting hit the hardest (many are being BLOWN UP?? )... __________________ GEAR LIST CDS' HOT LINKS My POTN Share Threads Jake Hegnauer Photography

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Belmondo Admin Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: 92210 Posts: 42,710 IMAGE EDITING OK	Absolutely gorgeious, CDS. You didn't need a new camera. __________________ I'm not short. I'm concentrated awesome!

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Scottes Trigger Man - POTN Retired Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A Little North Of Boston, MA, USA Posts: 12,838	Nice shots CDS! The one of the queen simply rocks. __________________ You can take my 100-400 L away when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. Scottes' Rum Pages - Rum Reviews And Info Finally, I have a Gallery! Follower of Fidget - Joined the cult of HAMSTTR©

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PacAce Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ABE, PA USA Posts: 26,406	Great shots, CDS. __________________ ...Leo

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J.A.F. Doorhof Goldmember Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Emmeloord, The Netherlands Posts: 3,245	WOW, great performance photo's. I love the angle and would love to see them in poster format . Great work. Greetings, Frank __________________ www.frankdoorhof.com www.frankdoorhof.com/portfolio follow me on twitter teaching at Photoshop World 2013

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msvadi Goldmember Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,974	beautiful shots

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cmM Goldmember Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chicago / San Francisco Posts: 5,705	Those are some really outstanding photos. Very nicely done.

8th of June 2004 (Tue)	#8
damnengine Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 119	the composition of the last one is amazing. The first one rocks my panties too, it looks so surreal with the legs blended in the background. Great shots.

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IanD Cream of the Crop Honorary Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 5,159	Excellent work CDS. Cannot wait to see results from the MK II __________________ Ian (Duck Photographer) Have You Hugged Your Mallard Today? More Images- My Gear New Image Posting Rules (please read)

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robekert Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 780	These are great CDS. There is a lot to like about a lot of the shots. Rob __________________ Journeyman Photographer Canon Gear & Mac OS User

8th of June 2004 (Tue)	#11
NILOLIGIST Goldmember Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 2,131 IMAGE EDITING OK	WOW!! Alll great shots. I like the 1,2& 4 the best. I love all dance photos what a honor to be allowed to photograph this. Some details, what lens did you use? Were you asked to take photos? NiL, __________________ Canon 1D Mark II, 24-70 f/2.8L, 17-40 f/4L, 70-200 f/2.8L. 580EX, 4 - Alien Bees, Gitzo Tripod, Bogen Monopod. My websites http://www.frederiqueporter.com

8th of June 2004 (Tue)	#12
CyberDyneSystems Wait, all that time and all I get is "Cream of the Damn Crop" ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Providence RI Posts: 37,437 IMAGE EDITING OK	Thanks folks! A few answers.. in no particular order.. Eos 10D with 70-200mm f/2.8 IS ISO 800 or 1600 depnding on lighting, most are AV @ f/2.8 Festival performs on the stage that I manage (Tech Director) and has given me permission to take phots during rehearsals.. Althought these were "dress rehearsal" you can see the mix of full costume and the occasional pair of sweat pants of leggings you'd not see during a perfromance... Also,. by shooting during rehearsals.. I get some strange environments with unfinished lighting,.. and in many cases obscure backgrounds... In the last shot above.. the backdrop for the scene had not yet been hung.. thus instead all that we see is a standard white Cyclorama that has been colored with "Cyc" lights.. this happy coincidence gave me an amazing backdrop for many of the shots,.. it worked very well in this case for sure giving a dreamuy effect that the painted castle backdrop would not have. FYI the "Witch/Queen" is the Companie's Artisitc Director, Mihailo Djuric, ...in drag! He spent much of the rehearsals looking like "Cher"... but in the photos I found the character to be extremely photogenic.. his sense of "drama" clearly visible.. I've not gotten the nerve to send him a print yet.. but I think I should 8) __________________ GEAR LIST CDS' HOT LINKS My POTN Share Threads Jake Hegnauer Photography

8th of June 2004 (Tue)	#13
stopbath Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,537	Yes, provide a copy of the Queen shot to the artistic director. It really a great shot. (My favorite of the bunch). The shot seems heavily orange though. The way he is holding his fingers works well with the crown!

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