Fire and Light

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Fire and Light

Postby aim54x on Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:42 pm

How can I not post a few pics....unfortunately I got too tempted by fire and spent a fair bit of time infront of the cameras (GASP in HORROR) but thankfully the guys were more inclined to take photos of the other performers as I can only really do some basic moves.

Susy with her fans
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Light - Gerry and his cold cathodes
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Jess and her fire ring
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Pat with the Poi
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Re: Fire and Light

Postby biggerry on Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:37 pm

that first image is primo cameron, I love the way Susy is lit only by the fire, this makes for a much more natural scene imo.

The particular posture you have captured her in is also spot on, the lower fire lights lighting her face is excellent...

The shot of Jess in the splits is quite good, especially with some flash piracy! but you need to PP that grass and foreground...darken it up so Jess is the only place for the eye to run too...
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Re: Fire and Light

Postby aim54x on Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:03 pm

Unfortunately Susy is not all that sharp....needed a bit more light for that one.

I will have a look at a bit of post on Jess...flash piracy works well...how can I complain? Next time we should really get CLS working in our favour!
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