Editing: Crop, adjustment levels for levels & curves; shadow highlight tool - adjust midtone contrast; exposure tool - exposure & offset; use magic wand & lasso to select area to dancer's left - apply slight amount of gaussian blur; resize, smart sharpen, sharpen tool on bra area.
Even though I know this photo probably won't score that well, I really like it so decided to enter it. To me, it is exactly what motion blur should do in a photo.
We were waiting on a table outside of our favorite restaurant in Salida when this troupe of belly dancers wandered by with a bongo drum player who was playing for them. There were lots of people around so it was hard to get a good shot but I was pleased with the motion blur on this one as the dancer was shaking her behind. I wish I could have had them stop and pose for me. They were very colorful.
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Nicely done. Maybe could've done with being slightly less tightly cropped, to capture more of the motion happening just out of shot on the right. And I am left with the impression that I'm looking at a one-armed booty shaker!
Hey this meets the challenge and is unique! However, it feels to much like a quick photograph. If this was a dancer performing with an audience I would have loved to see a more artistic crop and maybe more of a story behind it. Say include part of the audience while still trying to keep the focus on the motion?
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