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Warriors of Brazil is a Capoeira and brazillian cultural celebration showing at the Theatre Royal
ive been shooting alot of theatre and dance and been trying to work out what focus method is better dynamic area with 3d tracking or single focus point which requires focus point twiddling i miss shot opportunities with both techniques
but this time i shot single area focus, somehow didn't trust nikons dynamic area as it's a bit slow in low light and when the subject is juxtaposed against a high contrast messy background

1/320 f3.5 iso 1600

Nice shots given the difficult conditions, but not taking away from the photography I'm more impressed by the physiques of the performers/athletes. Wow, they are ripped!

#3 is the best for me.

Wendell, amazing work especially in difficult conditions.

I have to agree that #3 is great, #1 is close behind though!

I saw this performance last night, 4 rows back from the front. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Wendell, your shots are amazing given the lighting and fast moving performers.

No# 2 then No# 4 for me.

I don't know if this would work, but I was thinking last night I would have tried focusing in the middle of the stage and selected a higher F stop for greater DOF and switched to manual focusing. Then just shot away.

P.S. Did I mention these guys were fast.

Wow, they are ripped!

Lol, I agree, buff as! I bet these chaps are a hit with the ladies

They are some good shots Wendell, especially given the lighting - iso1600 on the D3 ( i assume) is lookign awesome....

The first and third images are winners for me, the positions and facial contact work well for me.