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Dance Like No One's Watching
Dance Like No One's Watching
candlerain


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Portrait in Landscape Orientation (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: La Ferme Rouge, Gatineau, QC
Date: Oct 28, 2006
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Performance, Action
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2006

 Photographed in a nice restaurant in my town. Very hard shot because of poor lighting and red spotlights. This is my first attempt at a challenge and I am also learning Photoshop. Don't be too harsh with me! :-)

Statistics
Place: 213 out of 271
Avg (all users): 4.7236
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.4512
Avg (non-participants): 4.8598
Views since voting: 847
Views during voting: 364
Votes: 246
Comments: 7
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 11/15/2006 12:59:38 PM
I gave this a 4.
Why?
- IMO there is too much space wasted at the right, shooting the couple from another angle could fill the frame up more.
- don't like the background
- the light on the guy might be okish, but on the girl it looks a bit flat and unflattering, probably caused by direct flash
- not totally ok with the way the body of the girl is cut off/framed
- the spotlight in the back draws attention away
- could have used the space at the top more by lowering the camera a bit and that way get the feet of the man in and more of the body of the girl. By standing on something you might even get rid of that spotlight
- the overall feeling of the photo to me is a "dancehall snapshot". It might not feel like that to you, but that how it feels to me as the outsider.

You cannot control every aspect of the photo, like that spotlight or the light, I understand that.
Just my opinion.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/05/2006 01:24:30 PM
This is cute, but where is the portrait? This seems like a snapshot kind of photograph IMO. Best of luck to you in the challenge.
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 11/05/2006 10:09:26 AM
You caught a great moment here. I like the lighting a lot. You must have shot at a fairly high iso to avoid motion blur at such low lighting. How'd you avoid the grain?
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 11/03/2006 06:35:25 PM
Oh...like 'Drive like you stole it'? You go guys, I'm not looking! Good luck to ya'll...!
 11/02/2006 04:18:56 PM
shot! .... i love it .........
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 11/02/2006 04:44:11 AM
Superb lighting, great fun, and I like the movement in the dress.
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 11/01/2006 12:53:09 PM
Portrait or Candid. I like the atmosphere. The expressions are good.
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