Friday, 7th August 2009
Street Dancer
by Susan Bartling
Equipment: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Susan Bartling
Website: Photos
Street Dancer by Susan Bartling was photo of the day on Friday, 7th August 2009. It is tagged Dancers. You can leave a comment below.
34 Comments
Branko
Amazing shot! Great timing!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Holy cow! Your timing must be perfect, as I can’t imagine anyone holding that pose for very long. I admire his physical prowess as much as I do your skill with the camera. Very unusual potd!
ziggy
I agree with Katherine, beautiful timing and excution from both artists. One of the best POTD I’ve seen this year if not the best.
su
Great timing, just look at those muscles.
Roy
A stunning photograph.
Yes, the dancer is the forground focal point – and very good it is too, but there is so much more of interest here. Look at the faces of the watchers. The delight of blond girl on the left; the awe of the lady with the shopping bag to the right of the dancer, hands clasped ready to clap; the blond lady to the right, peeping round to get a better view. Wonderful feeling.
Oh, and the symbolic dove? pidgeon? gull? flying overhead- perfect timing!
Where was the photo taken?
Paula Heelan
Wonderful shot. That’s amazing.
Ram
Amazing! HDR?
Pauline Jones
What an amazing guy and he probably only gets pennies for what he does.
darraaz
Fabulous shot! Ditto timing, is this some sought of HDR?
Santi Bañon
Amazing, great compo with a perfect POTD. This reminds me I must go to the Gym….
wanda krack
What a powerful shot. Good timing as well as angle to take the shot.
Malta Photography
Looks like an hdr but I am pretty sure the guy was in motion. Very interesting image but it really looks retouched.
planet lover
Wow! Very impressive! I wonder what was on the mind of the spectators – I enjoyed looking at their faces, since we can’t see the dancer’s. Congratulations.
Ariel
Very cool shot. What’d you do as far as PP? Just a PS filter or..?
Kirk Jordan
Hmm… Looks just like me.
Oh to be so buff.
Rajib Singha
Fantastic shot Susan! Only if a little bit of motion element could have been fabulous. Good job done anyway.
Jodie
When I first saw this, I thought it looked like a painting but didn’t say anything. Now I see Malta Photography says it’s probably retouched which fits in with my “it’s a painting” feeling. Nice painting, however.
Renee
excellent shot!
Susan
Thanks to all of you for your comments. No, he was not in motion, he held that pose for quite awhile. I have several more of him and others on my flickr account.
It was processed in photoshop using Topaz adjust
Linda Ferrell
Fantastic shot Suzi. As Always!!!!!!!
ebrahim
wonderful…for a while I thought its a painting…the light and color is so weird in this picture
Marie Dunphy Harding
… the body’s not bad either; what spectators??
Gerard
Very nice HDR – bit overcooked, but great shot! :O)
Si
I love the editing technique used here Susan, a very subtle painting style, would love to see more of your pics. As the previous poster pointing out it does have the characteristics of HDR… Love it!
derek dobbie
What a vivid, colourful shot this is. My only gripe is that their is not an explanation of how u acutally took this. Is it an HDR for instance.Very impressive all the same.
Susan Bartling
I did post it but for some reason it is not showing. It is a single shot. The only thing I did was in photoshop, I cropped it a little, then ran the Topaz adjust plug-in on it. Nothing else was done, nothing. He held the pose for quite awhile. Thanks to all of you for your comments
mike
Looks like a fun show.
HHA
Wow, I STILL cannot believe this is a real photograph. As ebrahim said, it looks just like a painting! That’s how my brain sees it no matter how hard I try…
Guess I need to learn more about the capabilities of photo editing software
Laurie
Astounding! Even the muscles in his neck are bulging.
I, too, like the crowd…their responses, expressions, and cameras shooting from another angle. Also, it’s interesting and perfect timing to capture a bird in flight.
Odessa
for a second it didn’t look real! thought it was a painting or something amazing shot!
Su
Lovely shot, different from the usual ‘people’ shot.
Bill
This pic would make a great puzzle.
Deborah Flowers
Excellent capture! Fabulous subject and flawless editing! That bird is icing on the cake!
I would have loved to be among the spectators!
An overall stellar shot!
Renee
Amazing shot, lots of emotions in this shot.