I have the best wife in the world

Andy

Why? Because many months ago, she bought tickets for us to go and see The Golden Dragon Acrobats at the New Victory Theater in NYC :lol3 What a thrill. I still have chills, thrills and goosebumps. This was an all-out, eye-popping, heart-stopping thrill ride for me, Andywife and son. The things these men and women can do, boggles the mind, and makes you :scratch.

Of course, for a day on the town, I had my camera. All of these are with Canon 5D, ISO 1600, f/1.8 on Canon's 85 f/1.8.


They juggled volley balls..


They practically rode this thing out into the audience..


The jumped through hoops to entertain us :lol3


The highlight, no doubt, was this fellow. He made a tower of chairs. These are just wooden chairs, end-on-end - there are no bolts, nails, supports, or other "stuff" to keep these chairs together - just stacked, inversely, that's all. And so he started:


Higher and higher he went. Until he asked the audience: "One more? :evil"


His pit crew obliged:


And as this amazing acrobat decided he could go not "just one more" but THREE more chairs, to the rafters.. I caught my son, this should tell you how high the chairs are (sorry for the oof shot :lol3):


And the finale:



Enjoy (acrobat) photography,

gus

I can never get sick of watching that kind of thing. Been to 3 Cirque du Soleil so far & cant wait to see more.

Great shots mate I dont know how you guys are allowed to shoot in these places.

rutt

Really good, Andy. I had to look at #1 and #3 twice to figure out that you didn't have some kind of double exposure thing going on.

Stormdancing

Amazing acrobats and wonderful shots.
Sigh.. I really need to venture out from this small town.

Looks like your son was having a good time too. Next thing you know he'll be trying that chair trick. Look out!

MattGoins

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Andy, fabulous shots. Reminds me greatly of Cirque Du Soleil, which is by far my absolute most favorite show to see live.

One question, did you have any problems bringing your camera in with you? At Cirque shows I don't believe they allow cameras in or used, though that may just be no flash photography, which that monster lens would definitely help offset.

David_S85

Last time I saw a good old chair stacking like that it was in the movie Poltergeist. Looks like a good time out. How close did you sit to the stage? (I was trying to figure it out through the angle of your son's gaze)

Andy

MattGoins wrote:

Andy, fabulous shots. Reminds me greatly of Cirque Du Soleil, which is by far my absolute most favorite show to see live.

One question, did you have any problems bringing your camera in with you? At Cirque shows I don't believe they allow cameras in or used, though that may just be no flash photography, which that monster lens would definitely help offset.

Hi Matt,

No, no probs bringing the camera in. It's wintertime here in NY, so I had an overcoat. Had the 5D tucked in a pocket, and the 85 f/1.8 in another pocket. This is not the monster 85, you're thinking of the 85 f/1.2L - that's the monster - the 1.8 is actually quite small and light

Thanks for the very kind words!

Andy

David_S85 wrote:

Last time I saw a good old chair stacking like that it was in the movie Poltergeist. Looks like a good time out. How close did you sit to the stage? (I was trying to figure it out through the angle of your son's gaze)

Row H, right side... the guy was seriously "up there!" It literally took your breath away when he then does a one-handed spinning handstand :uhoh

Thanks!

chuckh

Sweet, #2 is totally 3d.

Thanks Andy, awesome as usual. ::)::):

3rdPlanetPhotography

Andy, those are beautiful! The best photos I've ever seen at 1600!!!


kc7dji

Skippy

So When's He Starting Andy ???

Andy wrote:

Why? Because many months ago, she bought tickets for us to go and see The Golden Dragon Acrobats at the New Victory Theater in NYC What a thrill. I still have chills, thrills and goosebumps. This was an all-out, eye-popping, heart-stopping thrill ride for me, Andywife and son. The things these men and women can do, boggles the mind, and makes you .
Of course, for a day on the town, I had my camera. All of these are with Canon 5D, ISO 1600, f/1.8 on Canon's 85 f/1.8.
They juggled volley balls..
They practically rode this thing out into the audience..
The jumped through hoops to entertain us
The highlight, no doubt, was this fellow. He made a tower of chairs. These are just wooden chairs, end-on-end - there are no bolts, nails, supports, or other "stuff" to keep these chairs together - just stacked, inversely, that's all. And so he started:
Higher and higher he went. Until he asked the audience: "One more? "
His pit crew obliged:
And as this amazing acrobat decided he could go not "just one more" but THREE more chairs, to the rafters.. I caught my son, this should tell you how high the chairs are (sorry for the oof shot ):
And the finale:
Enjoy (acrobat) photography,

Right now Trev's seen prezactly how it's done, when are you gonna let him have a go

I bet they were just amazing to watch, and they do things with such ease don't they, like come on up you can do it too kinda style

Your allowed to make oof shots Andy, just continues to show your human like the rest of us oofers ........ thanks for sharing, boy oh boy that would have been a wonderful night out...... Skippy (Australia)

Thusie

Great shots Andy. You really captured the fun and excitment of it all

John Mueller

Cool stuff Andy and nice shots

ginger_55

Super cool wife you have, Andy!

and you did your part with the photos, wonderful,
I especially like the one of your son!

gonna go get me a wife!

ginger

pathfinder

Great shots Andy!! ISO 1600 rocks!!

I just watched a women escorted out of the Circe du Soliel in Florida for her little Point & Shoot. I REALLY wished I could have shot it - they had a very similar routine with chair stacking and a group of Chinese Acrobats also.