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This is one of my major long term projects
Im doing the photography for a year long 'year in review' feature for the the Australian Ballet company in Melbourne
shooting their productions and rehearsals

here are some of the results from one of their productions

shooting with a d2x and 80-200 ISO800 1/250 f2.8

Brilliant wendell, Can't really fault them. Beautiful balance of noise vs lack of blur.

Stunning!

Wendell - they are indeed gorgeous photos. They invoke the emotion of the dancers, and the beauty of their movement - the one of the gentleman in the foreground I find intriguing, and find myself flitting between the joy on his face and that of the ballerina in the background .. but do love the shot Only niggle I have with the last shot is the cut off point on the ballerina, but it is only a small niggle

I'm sure the company is absolutely thrilled with your shots !!!!

Do you know the work by Richard Calmes ?? He is a photographer from the US who takes the most amazing ballet shots - you might find his work interesting ?? Hopefully you'll love his work as much as I do

http://www.pbase.com/rcalmes/ballet
http://www.richardcalmes.com/

Looking forward to seeing more Wendell , as always
Hugs
Rel

thanks guys and gals
comments appreciated

Rel i checked out his work his got great setup shots especially the one with the ribbon/silk
thankyou for that

hopefully if i play my cards right the ballet company will let me do setup shots with some of the dancers
but it must be risky to be injured during a shoot may land the company in trouble, ill see how i go

your right about the cutoff point. I shot closer to the stage cuts of my full angle of view

next time ill shoot higher right at the back at 400mm

Always nice to see pictures with feeling Wendell.

These are great! I do some stage shots as well for fun with some local community Theatre companies. and its not easy .. you did spectacularly well !

Brilliant work Wendell. Pls keep posting!

Alex

Impressive work Wendell - all of them look beautiful