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A Midsummer Night's Dream / Boston Ballet

ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
edited March 2, 2007 in People
Here are a few scenes from Boston Ballet's staging of Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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[size=+1]Nadezhda Vostrikov & Company[/size]
Canon 5d / 85mm f1.2
1/400th @ f/1.2 / ISO 1600

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[size=+1]Kathleen Breen Combes[/size]
Canon 5d / 85mm f1.2
1/125 @ f/1.2 / ISO 1600

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[size=+1]Yury Yanowsky, Lia Ciro, Tai Jimenez[/size]
Canon 5d / 135mm f2.0
1/60 @ f2.0 / ISO 1600

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[size=+1]Lorna Feijóo & Gabor Kapin[/size]
Canon 5d / 135mm f/2.0
1/125 @ f/20 / ISO 1600
If not now, when?

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    urbanariesurbanaries Registered Users Posts: 2,690 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2007
    rutt wrote:
    Here are a few scenes from Boston Ballet's staging of Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

    132619392-L.jpg
    [SIZE=+1]Nadezhda Vostrikov & Company[/SIZE]
    Canon 5d / 85mm f1.2
    1/400th @ f/1.2 / ISO 1600

    ohhhhhhhhh wow. what a shot. i always look forward to your posts. You have quite an arsenal of 'lightbuckets' and get the most phenomenal performance out of them.

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    50mm 1.4, 85mm 1.8, 24-70 2.8L, 35mm 1.4L, 135mm f2L
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    kreskres Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2007
    urbanaries wrote:
    ohhhhhhhhh wow. what a shot. i always look forward to your posts. You have quite an arsenal of 'lightbuckets' and get the most phenomenal performance out of them.

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    +1

    Great isolation of the subject in lowlight. I'm just a wee bit distracted by the framing, but not enough to surpress the "wow." thumb.gif
    --Kres
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    SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2007
    superb photos.
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    Ted SzukalskiTed Szukalski Registered Users Posts: 1,079 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2007
    Let me add my bravo to the chorus of applouse: great photos

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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,696 moderator
    edited February 28, 2007
    Very nice John.

    I particularly like #2 and #4.
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    DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2007
    rutt. you always have phenominal ballet/dance photos. and i'm always looking forward to them :D

    you didn't disappoint my friendthumb.gif
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    HeldDownHeldDown Registered Users Posts: 255 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2007
    I think they borrowed the Ass's head from the Washington Ballet... it looks very familiar to one I've seen before.

    I'm working on a production of Dream now, so neat to see these. GJ.
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    ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2007
    HeldDown wrote:
    I think they borrowed the Ass's head from the Washington Ballet... it looks very familiar to one I've seen before.

    I'm working on a production of Dream now, so neat to see these. GJ.

    I'm sure it's the very same head. The way these ballets work, when the company buys the rights for the ballet from the company that owns it (in this case The New York City Ballet), they get the use of the scenery, costumes, scores, &etc.
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    OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2007
    Incredible, as usual! clap.gif
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    binghottbinghott Registered Users Posts: 1,075 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2007
    your excellent ballet work is consistent. thumb.gif

    my favorite is the picture of kathleen. the fog on the ground looks incredible, i hope you have more shots with the fog like that.

    these pictures are incredible, especially considering how little light you have. i mean, iso 1600 and f1.2, i don't know how these shots look that sharp.bowdown.gif
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    ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2007
    Very Nice to see those ballet shots, Rutt. They are excellent as always, but nice to "hear" from you and know you are out and about, still.

    ginger
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    Thiago SigristThiago Sigrist Registered Users Posts: 336 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2007
    wow!
    Beautiful shots, rutt!

    My favourite is #1, the composition is far from trivial or formulaic, and you also succeeded in making great use of the DOF control available to you. It's superb IMHO!

    Thanks a lot for sharing these!
    Cheers!

    -- thiago
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    DavidSDavidS Registered Users Posts: 1,279 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2007
    Great captures. Well done.
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    El KiwiEl Kiwi Registered Users Posts: 154 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2007
    binghott wrote:
    these pictures are incredible, especially considering how little light you have. i mean, iso 1600 and f1.2, i don't know how these shots look that sharp.

    That's what I was thinking, too. I sure they've been well Margulised, but even so... amazing quality. Great shots all round, as always.
    Constructive criticism always welcome!
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