Life Through A Lens
Bali 5 - The Barong Dance
Posted by Stu (Home: Scotland | Residing in Kyoto, Japan) on 10 December 2006 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
Taken at the same event as the drummer.
Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia
wow. excellent composition and follow-through. i like the fragility in this shot, with the flower petals on the ground and the lady performing what looks like intricate footwork with the dancing. like the DOF too. great shot!
10 Dec 2006 11:13am
jc from Tokyo, Japan
thanks for your comment today, stu. this is a beautiful shot, and so richly suggestive of whats outside the frame. very nice
10 Dec 2006 11:17am
Darren from Japan
Nice Depth of field there Stu. The colours work well too. Good capture.
10 Dec 2006 1:27pm
Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan
A fine shot stu. theres no doubting that. A fine imagination too to shoot the scene as you have. One of the best from today.
10 Dec 2006 3:12pm
Michael Zhang from New York City, United States
Very very nice. I especially love the soft flowers and whites, (diffuse glow?) DOF works very well too. Great shot!
10 Dec 2006 3:16pm
@Michael Zhang: you got it michael! use it quite often to varying degrees.
thanks for the comment.
Martin from a small village in Lower Austria, Austria
Wow, beautiful this really is an expression of elegance. I love the soft flowers on the ground. Did you use some soft filter? Beautiful expressive shot.
10 Dec 2006 3:47pm
Kelvin Chan from New York City, United States
great angle and composition. a pity the camera metering was thrown off by the bright light on top and underexposed the feet. try to fix that with level. It bugs me that the subject is so dim. other than that, top notch.
10 Dec 2006 4:47pm
@Kelvin Chan: Thanks for the comment Kelvin. yeah the feet are a little dim. my attempts at lightening them further resulted in them becoming really grainy so i decided to leave them like this.
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
Excellent work, Stu! The non-obvious subjects often tell the story best.
10 Dec 2006 9:42pm
Zach Siebert from Bologna, Italy
gorgeous. that's all that needs to be said. thanks for your recent comments, stu.
10 Dec 2006 10:45pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
This is a wonderful composition. Well Done...love the small flowers near her feet.
11 Dec 2006 3:40am
Michelle Bialowas from Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Just beautiful - great depth of field and lovely colours. Your blog is a treat.
12 Dec 2006 7:32am
Canon EOS Kiss X
1/1600 second
F/5.6
ISO 1600
200 mm