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Lonely Swan

A wonderful blend of the art of dance with the art of photography

A wonderful blend of the art of dance with the art of photography
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NIKON D700

settings

Aperture f/4.5 ISO 200 Shutter 1/100

upload_date

Jan, 2014

Views

1924

Likes

+307

Awards

Contest Finalist in Ballet Photo Contest

Member Selection Award

Featured

Editor's Choice

Peer Award

+59

Superb Composition

+30

Absolute Masterpiece

+22

Top Choice

+21

Exceptional Contrast

Outstanding Creativity

Magnificent Capture

Jaw Dropping

All Star

Superior Skill

Genius

Emotions

Impressed

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

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Thank you all very much for the response!!!

You are too kind :)

I'm speechless :)

I love it when people appreciate my work

Glorious light and shade. Wonderful composition. I adore it.......if you would consider adding it to my project ...Opera...which has opera/ballet/contemporary dance etc in it ...I would love it Such a great shot

excellent work...

outstanding!!

PS....If you wish to add the work on the project you can put between 1-4 .

I would trully love to but there is an issue because this is from an ongoing project and i cannot release it anywhere but myself until its finished. Thank you very much. Appreciate the gesture

Platinum

Great b/w shot. Congrats. - Jake

Well deserved award!

Brilliant

PRO

Great mono conversion and great shadows you’re playing with.

Thank you so much

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Behind The Lens

Location

I 've taken this photo in the sole salt-lake of Larnaca, Cyprus due to an ongoing project i introduced to my country a few years ago called Dance in Photos Project and has to do with how do dancers blend in natural or man made beauty around us without the restriction of the traditional stage space.

Time

It was around 19:00 just before sunset

Lighting

The light used in this still was ambient with the assistanse of 2 speed lights. One on a tripod and umbrella on the right and another based on the lakes floor on her left looking up.

Equipment

Nikon D700 Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 Nikon SB800 Godox speedlight

Inspiration

As it is mentioned earlier the inspiration came from the ongoing dance project. Now the way the locations are selected is based on visiting, evaluating, discussing and assess weather the scenario works or not.

Editing

The post-processing that was done on this photo was to remove any garbage from the bottom of the salt lake along with some rocks and salt debree. The skin was smoothen and added contrast and to the clouds. The lakes floor was over exposed by 1 stop and there was some liquify effect applied on her legs to make them look more dynamic

In my camera bag

Nikkon D810 Nikkon D5 Nikon D700 Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 Nikkor 105 f/2.8 Nikkor 50 f/1.4 Nikkor 85 f/1.4 Nikkor 105 f/2 DC SB 5000 SB 800 Lexar CF - SD cards 128GB

Feedback

The only advice i have to give to anyone who is interested in this subject is that you need to have a connection with your subject and your surroundings. I urge you to get involved. For example after i started this project everyone thought that i was a dance teacher or a dancer when in-fact i had never taken a single dance class in my life, but the knowledge that i was subjected to and my interest was enough to make me realize a few things and feel comfortable around them. Alot of people get stuck on the technichal details, I get it. I do not claim that i take great photos but i know for a fact that if you want to be considered great one day it is not by copying others but it is by implementing a personal touch. And this is enough to surpass anyone.

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