What am I doing?? Ballet under the stars!

[pjflan7]

This is a new one for me.....My wife wanted me to go with our two younger girls to the "Ballet Under the Stars" as Mandy has a strong interest in learning ballet herself. It only cost $5 per adult and was performed at one of our local parks near downtown. It starts at 9:00pm and you bring a blanket and set yourself down for a treat. There was a prior performance of Aladdin put on by our local kids ballet troupe and then there was the professional performance. In all, it ran about 2 hours. Here are 4 shots taken of different dancers and scenes......In order to get enough light, I was either at 1600 ISO or HI ISO, aperture 7.1 and shutter speed of 1/100. The type and quality of the lighting changed all over the stage and so the coloration is a bit inconsistent. So alot of noise will be in the photos.....I expected it to be there and I tinkered with the noise in photoshop and it did not help matters so these are sooc, noise and all.

[Brett Valentine]

The lighting's great, and the noise doesn't bother me at all.

Beautiful job.

[Nicole]

That sounds like an incredibly fun event (as both a spectator and photographer). I've been to a few free concerts under the stars, and they offer movies under the stars, and there are also outdoor circuses... but the ballet really must have been something to see. Those are some really nice shots as well! I quite like the second, just because of the vibrant pink.

[beachcomber]

I think they're excellent Patrick, good job

beach

[Chewys Dad]

These are very well captured Patrick! Looks like a fun event and you can't beat the cost! Summer night in Ky. Under the Stars, enjoying the Ballet for $5:00! I would have paid a lot more to see these folks perform.
Thanks for Sharing these
Michael.

[jakethepig]

Yes, this is certainly different for you Patrick but wow, did you pull it off. The lighting is excellent. You had the settings just right buddy. All of these are very nice. Great work Patrick.

Dave.

[shiraq]

good shoots. I like how you capture the movements, and the grace.

[Glayva]

Brilliant shots. Very well done indeed. My wife and I went to a Joss Stone concert in the open air here in the Algarve last Friday. I did not take my camera, thinking I would not be allowed to use it!! What amazed me was the number of people with cameras of all sorts taking what looked like good shots. However, there were many "professionals" with expensive gear and flash. I wonder what their pictures looked like. To me, flash kills the atmosphere of these shows. I have done many in the past and NEVER used flash. It's distracting for the performers. High speed, grain - no problem. All part of the atmosphere and if you do want to smooth over, there is always Noise Ninja.
Very well done, you must be very pleased.

[leonaashlee]

I think these are amazing considering the conditions that you took them in. Wow

[FoG]

Patrick these are brilliant talk about a hard lighting subject as I guess you have no control of that so to get such clear shots is excellent they are great well done !