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Aztec Dancer With Drum
Aztec Dancer With Drum
jemison


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Apr 16, 2005
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200s
Galleries: Candid, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 18, 2005

 I caught this shot of this dancer preparing for his performance at the Albuquerque, NM Tricentennial kickoff celebration. He was just momemtarily pausing at the top of a hill and I was lucky to catch the shot w/no distracting background. Lots of postprocessing - levels, dodge, b&c, emboss to sharpen oof image (thanks SDW65 for the tutorial), cloning minor distractions, USM.

lens - Canon 75-300 USM @ 155mm

Statistics
Place: 84 out of 507
Avg (all users): 6.1382
Avg (commenters): 6.4545
Avg (participants): 6.0619
Avg (non-participants): 6.4231
Views since voting: 2039
Views during voting: 336
Votes: 246
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 04/25/2005 10:38:49 PM
Very sharp and bright, high contrast. Love that headdress.... Cool shot! Nice job.
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/25/2005 08:01:56 PM
excellent capture. very, very strong composition, so nicely observed. hope this does well for you. good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/25/2005 04:23:16 PM
Nice costume........
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
 04/25/2005 02:19:13 PM
Very nice hes hat... You did a great job to capture it in a non desturbing background... with this i mean you can see the full details on the hat... very neat.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S lens
 04/25/2005 01:11:28 PM
Interesting angle and interesting subject. I'd like to have had all the feathers showing though.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/24/2005 11:58:25 AM
This looks cool. a little bit hot. I'll bet a circular polarizer would have helped punch up those colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 04/22/2005 10:36:52 PM
Very nice shot, good clarity and focus, I even like the framing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 04/22/2005 12:08:55 PM
well done, slightly oversharpened
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Best-Buy Easy Point & Click
 04/19/2005 07:07:38 PM
This is neat. Love the "hair". Good composition and lighting and exposure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 04/19/2005 09:49:01 AM
Very cool shot!! Great headress on this guy! I gave it a 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 04/19/2005 04:16:34 AM
What an amazing head dress.

Your shot is good and you've chosen a good viewpoint which separates it from the snapshot brigade. It's a bit of a shame that you've cropped any of it though.
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