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Challenge: Backlighting VII (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Longwood Gardens
Date: Apr 28, 2025
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2025

 We stopped at Longwood Gardens on the way home from NY. The tulips were in full bloom. There was an event room that we stopped in to see. These young women were practicing their dance and they allowed me to photograph them. The occurrence was so spontaneous I didn't really have time to plan and just began shooting as they danced across the room. What a wonderful surprise!


Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. This is one of my favorite pictures of all times as it is so different from what I usually shoot. The experience and spontaneity of it made it special. I had sent the young ladies the pictures I took of them and didn't want to edit out the 2nd dancer as a matter of courtesy. I didn't think to change it for the challenge so here it is. You are so right, making the edit made it even better!!! Thanks for the help:)


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Place: 1 out of 23
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 02/19/2026 09:51:42 AM
Originally posted by posthumous:
Don't remove the second dancer. Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to leave something alone.


spoken like a gentleman! spot on!
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 02/19/2026 09:50:45 AM
super lighting with intense texture. wsell done, congrats!
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 05/18/2025 07:14:34 AM
Originally posted by posthumous:
Don't remove the second dancer. Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to leave something alone.


That is a really good point. There is a big difference between portraying reality and art. Thank you for helping me recognize that.
05/15/2025 10:18:54 AM
Don't remove the second dancer. Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to leave something alone.

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 05/14/2025 08:11:40 PM
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
2 doors, 2 windows, 2 lights, 2 dancers. I like the candidness of the two different dancers.


Wow! How perceptive. I didn’t see that!
 05/14/2025 08:01:35 PM
2 doors, 2 windows, 2 lights, 2 dancers. I like the candidness of the two different dancers.
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 05/14/2025 05:49:01 PM
Lovely image, Larry. Well spotted and captured.
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 05/14/2025 12:10:01 AM
This is a really beautiful Larry. I wasn’t really fond of the added dancer to the left. She could’ve been kept out but that’s not your fault….lighting was beautiful..

Congratulations!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2025 11:33:44 PM
stunning. both immediate and eternal.

worth digging up my ribbon.

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 05/13/2025 09:34:35 PM
Lovely with great lighting. You also handled the highlights very well. Nicely done.
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 05/12/2025 03:43:28 PM
I like this. I might have liked it more with stronger shadows, not sure....
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 05/12/2025 02:27:03 PM
Lovely...I think this by Neat
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 05/11/2025 09:21:41 AM
My pick for yellow in this challenge.
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 05/10/2025 02:00:52 PM
Beautiful scene. The light coming into the window is lovely and really highlights the right side dancer. The right side dancer really makes the image and I think a solo picture of her or the two with the same poses may have had more impact.
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 05/08/2025 08:10:50 PM
My gosh this is gorgeous--and in exactly the way this challenge invites. Congrats on communicating the ephemeral beauty of an unrehearsed moment in an inconspicuous place.
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 05/07/2025 04:00:35 PM
Beautifully lit. Nice detail on the dancers, and it definitely conveys graceful motion.
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