Fire and dance

[Chataignier]

At the Urbaka festival in Limoges, a spectacular performance with great bursts of flame from time to time which even at 3 stops under ex, overwhelmed the sensor. Should have gone for 4 or 5 stops down.

Here is one of the more tranquil moments that worked OK at -3 stops.

[Manfred M]

Nicely captured in a challenging shooting environment. There is not a lot of light to work with and there is always a danger of the flames being clipped during capture. I wonder if a tighter crop might be worth considering?

[Geoff F]

There is a lot more fine detail to be found in the Lightbox view. Looks good.

Maybe a slight crop from the top and left side but don't go too close because your subject needs a bit of space. There is a slight light flare reflecting from the window which I would remove.

[Chataignier]

Here's a couple more. Quite a bit of burnt out highlight in both, but the great bursts of flame were totally unpredictable and I was lulled into thinking that -3 stops was enough headroom. Wrong !!!

[Chataignier]

@geoff, thanks for the comment.
However we are totally outside here. What looks like a window is in fact sky, the space between the cathedral wall and a lamp post. The flare is ???, part of the milky way perhaps ?

[ST1]

An excellent set of images, I think you've managed to capture the essence of the the event very well.


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[rpcrowe]

Wonderful series...

[Lovelabradors]

Awesome images. Each one. Despite your depiction of imperfect technical aspects, the stories and beauty remain and that is sometimes all that matters. Just My Opinion