DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Fire Dancer
Fire Dancer
drz01


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fire II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Samsung Pro815
Date: Aug 12, 2006
Aperture: 2.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3
Galleries: Abstract, Performance
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2006

N/A

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 160
Avg (all users): 4.8756
Avg (commenters): 4.9091
Avg (participants): 4.6625
Avg (non-participants): 5.0265
Views since voting: 842
Views during voting: 332
Votes: 193
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/20/2006 03:28:31 PM
some of the backgound elements are distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/19/2006 01:12:50 AM
A tighter crop would have helped eliminate some of the background, which I find somewhat distracting. But I love the way she appears in different places at the same time - really cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/18/2006 06:32:01 PM
Good Job! You really captured a great image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/18/2006 05:21:03 PM
This was a good idea for this challenge, definitely fire is featured and in an interesting way. Unfortunately the long exposure doesn't enhance what you are bringing out because the 'ghost' created by the girl's movements and the blurr in the background likely due to camera shake impacts the image negatively (at least for me). I think a tripod would have been a good choice as the movement in the background would've been eliminated which would then give a nice clean/crisp starting point. That would help balance out the ghosting found by the moving girl a bit. Still, due to all the light, you CAN see the ghosting of the girl and though that may work sometimes, I don't feel it does here. Instead, had it been darker so the girl was actually rather 'invisible' then the focus would be on the dancing fire and there wouldn't be the other issues distracting from it. That said, I think it was a good choice to try and capture and I bet another try would yield even better results. I gave a 4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/17/2006 08:29:49 PM
Nice but I think it would be better if there weren't two of the dancer
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/15/2006 09:00:35 AM
the ifre looks great but the double exposures or motion movement takes a lot away from it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/15/2006 02:46:00 AM
it's a dramatic image, but i think it suffers a little from the camera being hand held (use a table if without tripod), and to be honest, the girl dancing around too much. in terms of composition, i feel that you could get away with having her centred because the right half of the frame looks a bit redundant, and the blur of camaera movement is more apparent here. or alternatively, go mad with the burn tool; you're allowed to and blackening out a lot of the background would draw principal attention back to the girl. the ghost effect of the girl is a bit unnerving (her second head is creepy!) and the "i'm a little teapot" pose that she's now doing feels a bit silly... i do sympathise; i've tried shooting similar performers and it's a right bitch! 6 for the drama and the high difficulty level.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/14/2006 10:18:42 PM
This shot badly needs a tripod to keep the background details in focus whikle the fire dancer does her thing. The motion blur on her is nice, but especially off to the right you can see a lot of camera motion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/14/2006 03:00:17 PM
Neat! Good Idea! All I can say is a tighter crop would have brought me closer to the action to give it more WOW. 6

Wazz
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/14/2006 12:04:06 PM
The dancer is beautiful but the stuff on the right is just distracting in my opinion
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/14/2006 03:30:39 AM
if you can't hold the camera still, use a tripod


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/05/2025 11:19:59 AM EDT.