Steven Jungerwirth

August 2026 - Ole!

About the Image(s)

I recently visited Seville, Spain and had the opportunity to attend a flemenco performance in a cafe. It was amazing! I was unaware that such performances are unrehearsed; essentially the dance equivalent of jazz. Each performance is unique - enabled by the dancers' ability to sense one-another and work together. A very memorable experience.

Technical - We were not allowed to take pictures during the performance, instead they allowed photography at the closing. My wife asked me to take a video to send to our kids - which i did. Unfortunately I had no still images. Fortunately - it was pretty easy in iphoto to select one frame and export it as a .tiff image. Then I did basic edits in LR. Video is a whole different world that I have not explored.

6 comments posted

Cindy Smith

Steven, what a delightful image. The colors are so sharp, and, with the hands and feet out of focus, you are showing the motion of the dancers. The instrumentalists are in good focus. How interesting about the dances being unrehearsed. Nice job. Posted: 08/03/2026 23:53:27

Canan Karatekin

The image gives a really good sense of the atmosphere on stage. I like the blurred motion in both the female and the male dancers--it provides a sense of dynamism better than a static image would Very interesting to learn that they don't rehearse their dances. Thanks for sharing! Posted: 08/04/2026 19:43:32

Jennifer Marano

How interesting that you could pull an image from the video! That really does open up a whole new world of possibilities. I haven't experimented much with video, but you have shown us a way to do both at once! And your description of flamenco as the jazz of the dance world is a whole new way to think about dance! Posted: 08/05/2026 21:37:32

Chan Garrett

This is a very nice documentary image. It would appear static but for the motion blur created in the hands and feet of the dancers. Well done. I do tend to wonder why, when the most action seems to be from the male dancer, the eyes of the musicians seem to be on the female dancer. Posted: 08/09/2026 19:53:52

Will Korn

The combination of motion blur and sharp focus is a technical feat which you extracted nicely! What is the resolution and image size? Is it the same as a normal still? Posted: 08/11/2026 00:49:21

Steven Jungerwirth

No.
The video frame size (default on my iPhone 14) is 1920 x 1080.
The final cropped frame I extracted is 572KB, 1550 x 872.
A regular still image with same lens is 2.8MB, 4032 x 3024. Posted: 08/13/2026 20:11:51

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