Freddie Kelvin
May 2023 - Carmina Burana
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About the Image(s)
The May images are from a recent performance of Carmina Burana by Dance Kaleidoscope in Indianapolis.
The settings were 1/320, f 4.5, and ISO 6,400 using a Nikon d750 with a 70-200mm f2.8 lens.
The unfortunate lady was about to be severely mistreated, as is obvious. I wanted to convey sacrifice and misogyny.
Editing was entirely in Lightroom with noise reduction, cropping, reducing exposure, increasing texture and orange and red saturation, and also contrast.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
6 comments posted
Hi Freddie, The image is a great moment in movement. The muscles and expressions imply strength, force, and motion. It's a difficult task for a photographer to clearly show all 5 faces with separation between them and other elements. Nicely done. Stage lighting can be very difficult to deal with in photography. Multi-colored lighting can get complicated. The overall warm (hot?) tones here emphasize the meaning of the scene. Congrats on getting photography access and for a really good performance image. Karl Posted: 05/11/2023 10:32:07
From a woman's perspective. Ouch.
The lighting is torturous, and I can't look at this for very long before I get chills up and down my spine. Posted: 05/11/2023 16:00:55
The lighting is torturous, and I can't look at this for very long before I get chills up and down my spine. Posted: 05/11/2023 16:00:55
You captured the power and terror as well as the stage lighting of this scene perfectly. Posted: 05/13/2023 12:46:49
Freddie, a well captured action shot: I admire particularly the muscle definition on the two men (I mean your capture of it - though I suppose also their gym work). I am not sure about the color. I understand that it is what was used on stage, but I am not sure that it conveys menace in the still shot.
The below is a suggestion: abandoning the constraint of "reality", I went to B&W (with a slight tint), eliminates the "extras" and use a very close crop that I think adds distress to the central figure. Posted: 05/14/2023 14:38:27
The below is a suggestion: abandoning the constraint of "reality", I went to B&W (with a slight tint), eliminates the "extras" and use a very close crop that I think adds distress to the central figure. Posted: 05/14/2023 14:38:27
Thanks for all your comments. This was a dramatic moment in the piece. The acting skills of the dancers never cease to amaze me. If you take several hundred shots during a performance, you hope to get lucky with a few of them!
Gerard, you are right in that the B and W rendition adds to the menace. However, because of my admiration for the amazing lighting effects, I am loathe to dispense with them! I do, however, like your elimination of the two bystanders because I think that they are distracting from the overall effect. Posted: 05/15/2023 17:19:44
Gerard, you are right in that the B and W rendition adds to the menace. However, because of my admiration for the amazing lighting effects, I am loathe to dispense with them! I do, however, like your elimination of the two bystanders because I think that they are distracting from the overall effect. Posted: 05/15/2023 17:19:44
I am not sure what to say about this image. While I can appreciate how hard it is to capture something like this, I have trouble looking at it for very long. Posted: 05/16/2023 22:42:29