Dance Recital
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5DII + 70-200/2.8II
thanks for looking!
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5DII + 70-200/2.8II
thanks for looking!
-Jack
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
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That is a winning combination!
These are really, REALLY good, Jack (and just makes me slaver even more for a 5dII for theater work!). I would probably tweak the WB a bit (obviously, within the parameters of what the stage lighting was rather than "natural" per se) and possibly sharpen up the faces on a couple, but these are terrific.
#6 was sharpened in CS5, the rest are as-shot at sharpness 5. In #11 there is something amiss, naturally, because that is my daughter. Not sure if it's motion blur or camera shake (IS was on and shutter was 1/250) or focus. Oh well. Otherwise I was really impressed with the lens and camera. Getting shots like these make the cost of the equipment just melt away. I was getting choked up while going through them. I didn't think to bring my 7D for a test, just wanted ultimate IQ.
I'm surprised you don't have a 5DII already, you do pro work and shoot for hire, right? You can write it off you know!
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
As for WB... I shoot on AWB and fix it in post - too variable in situ to pick one balance which will work for every lighting state a desiggner may throw at me! I typically try to get the skintone looking natural-ish, and let the surrounding lighting fall to whatever colour it may (bearing in mind what it looked like to me in real life, of course - so if it was intentionally turning people purple or green or whatever, I don't try to balance those to natural skin!). I use LR and just click the dropper around some greys/blacks/whites until I find a balance that looks pleasing to me and then adjust other shots in that same lighting state accordingly; it's quick and pretty reliable.
In your series above, try cooling down #13 a little and seeing what you think - I'd probably use the lit section of the floor behind them or the silver bells on the hairbows/shoes to try and find a decent WB.
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Would be soooo much easier with no-hassle ISO 3200 and 6400!!
Still, kein moola to et another body at this point, so I manage (quite happily - as you know, I really love my 7d). I suppose there's a certain intellectual stimulation in having to work out sneaky ways of getting the shot despite total lack of light!!
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I shot in Manual mode, RAW, AWB. Although the color of the lighting changed from act to act, the brightness was pretty consistent. So I grabbed a spot meter reading off a girl's face in aperture priority, took a few pics, saw what looked good, and then locked in the settings in Manual. Ended up at ISO 800, f/2.8, 1/250. I think this works well for situations like this so that the meter doesn't get fooled by the background. I haven't gone through the whole set one by one yet, but I did put most of them on Tungsten WB in DPP. There was no flash involved. Don't bring a flash to an event like this unless you want to look like a complete ham 'n egger.:D
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IS might help, and I used it for this just to be safe, but IS matters less as shutter speed increases. At shutter speeds greater than 1/focal-length, it's not totally necessary but it can help. At shutter speeds of 1/(2 x focal length) I turn IS off.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
Thought this might be worth a mention. As your daughter grows in age and dance experience, that shutter speed will have to keep getting faster in order to freeze some of the moves she will be doing.
Enjoy every second, and yes, buy whatever equipment you think you need, because it will be over and she'll be off to college before you know it!
Thanks! I agree about shutter speed and that is totally my philosophy on gear!!
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Exellent job, I have the same shoot coming up this Saturday, I hope I can get a seat that good. And, then Wed i'm off to Augusta, Me. for some fishing and wildlife photos.
Thanks! I shot all these at the dress rehearsal, so paparazzi was allowed. I was able to move around the theater and get close. At the actual recital there was no photography allowed.
Cool, honk your horn at me when you go past Falmouth.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
Ditto! I have to say, if your ISO was that low then the lighting itself must actually have been pretty good. In more than one venue I've had to crank up to ISO 2000 just to eke out a SS of 1/160!!!
Given it's a 5dII, I would probably have bumped it up (if only so I didn't have to worry about SS at ALL) - the beauty of that full frame beast is that you can do that without giving it a second thought
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An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.