Dancers Peabody Auditorium

Good timing. Seems like they had plenty of airtime....
How is the sharpness? (hard to see in these samples)
May I suggest Manyk SRS for sharpening for web?

The pictures were sharpened a bit with Photoshop and they are pretty sharp, some more than others. It was my first time out with my 85 1.8 and I was very impressed with it's focusing. I've used my 100 2.8 macro and my 50 1.8 before. The 100 was a little to slow focusing. I'll try the web sharpening action when I get a chance. Thanks

These edits look very good.
-Bruce

Thanks Bruce. We have another competition this weekend here in Jacksonville. The lighting isn't as good as Daytona so I probably won't take as many photos. Plus I've taken so many of the dances over the past competitions that I really don't need anymore. But it's hard not shooting. A few of the dances my daughter is in has won about $3000 so far this weekend. That's split between all the girls in each dance. So it's been a good weekend. This is her last competition. She taking next year off to enjoy her senior year in high school.

WOW! Your photos are just so beautiful! My 7-year-old daughter will have a recital in August. What did you do for white balance and metering? How far were you sitting from the stage? I have used my 50 1.8 lens, but I definetly want to invest in an 85 1.8 lens after seeing your photos.

I set the white balance to tungsten. I believe thats what most stage lighting is. The Rebel doesn't have spot metering so I used partial metering and set the camera manually. I'm not sure how far back I was maybe 15 rows from the stage. I had my wife put her pruse in the seat in front of me so nobody would sit there. This was a competition and people come and go according to who's dancing. For the most part I had pretty clear shooting. At recitals it's usually packed so its harder avoiding heads. Glad you like the pictures

You got some great shots, good work!

Thanks for posting these and the equipment used. I may have an opportunity
to cover a Greek Step Show this Fall. Having never done one of these comps.
before (and not yet knowing the lighting and floor dimensions) I needed a
starting point .

Stan
P.S. Anyone with specific experience with these Step Shows?

Wonderful images. You probably got pictures as good as or better than the professional photographer they hired.

Great shots! I love the photo of the girl in red! Your daughter looks like an amazing dancer! What a beautiful girl, best of luck to her!

I was about 15 ft away from the professional photograher. He had 2 Canon bodies on a nice tripod setup so he could easily switch between them. Not sure of the lenses. One looked like a Canon 24-70 L. His shots looked pretty good. But he wasn't doing any post processing. He had a few laptops and printers and was printing them in the lobby, up to poster size. I don't know his prices. He seemed to be doing a good buisness. Thanks everyone for your kind comments

Nope, but I'ld suggest you make sure to get the feet in the frame

I like the shots... but I would mix up the crops a bit on them when presenting a series - even if they are shot from the same location - to enhance interest in the shots. It will help what are good shots from achieving a "sameness" to them. Looks like it was fun though.... cheers.