taken in some horrible coloured Disco light, it wasn-t easy to find the right conversion settings. But these girls clearly enjoyed dancing in the fog at a rural...
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taken in some horrible coloured Disco light, it wasn-t easy to find the right conversion settings. But these girls clearly enjoyed dancing in the fog at a rural wedding
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Winner in Smoke Without Fire Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Outstanding Creativity
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Hood
October 29, 2020
I have chosen your image as the Winner in Smoke Without Fire Challenge. A beautiful, mystical capture, very nicely done! Congratulations!!!👑
annetteflottwell
October 29, 2020
WOW. you made my day :-))) just what I needed in these grim times!! THank you so much!!
geophotos
November 21, 2020
Congratulations on your win, with this highly creative presentation! Great editing, to produce a Degas - like scene. Bravo! 😊
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Location
I was photographing a wedding in a village high up in the cordillera. At that moment I had done all that was required for the clients and was free to amuse myselfTime
After meal and drinks and the official part :)Lighting
the lighting was provided by some coloured event strobe light, visible above the girls.Equipment
a 28 f2 Nikkor that I filed off to adapt it to my D1H at the time. the camera is a D4 now.Inspiration
As mentioned above, I was free to shoot what I wanted and loved to watch these girls and other guests in the smoke. I have a nice series of the event and enjoyed visualizing some scenes in colours, but mostly in black and white.Editing
Obviously, I converted it to mono. If it involves people , I always do it in Exposure as it looks more natural. In this case is was a bit tricky, I had to cook up my own recipe to compensate for a horrible pink light. So I used an almost neutral conversion with more sensitivity in yellow and a lot less in magenta till the result was seamless where the spot lights converged.In my camera bag
a d4 or d800, a manual 18 or 12 mm wide angle, one of my beloved 1970s bokeh primes (here I carried both the 28 mm and the 55 for a lowlight wedding) a 24-70 and some tele. Depending on the occasion my 180 2.8 macro or an 135 f2.Feedback
watch and wait. try angles and perspectives and don't even dream of autofocus in such a situation. When converting to mono, zoom in closely if you are facing unusual light to avoid artefacts.