Karen Sharpe
November 2024 - Māori show
About the Image(s)
This is a picture of several Māori dancers that I saw when we went to New Zealand last year. It was part of a dinner performance but I’m interested in your thoughts on my photography, not entering it in a show.
Again, it was taken with an iPhone using portrait mode so I can choose the amount of bokeh. ISO25, f2.8, 1/120. Other than a slight crop, I don’t recall doing much to edit it.
3 comments posted
You seem to be on the right tract. Perhaps a little blur to the foreground would bring only the warrior in focus?
So I ask myself all the time what is the subject? Then I reduce any thing that detracts from the subject. But in this case the other warriors are providing context.
I do see my shot. It is just a little left of where you stood. This would provide a pinch more head on shot of the subject and frame him in the opening between the two closer warriors. Now the head shot is clean.
This is always a matter of personal preference.
Very nice! Posted: 11/01/2024 10:32:11
So I ask myself all the time what is the subject? Then I reduce any thing that detracts from the subject. But in this case the other warriors are providing context.
I do see my shot. It is just a little left of where you stood. This would provide a pinch more head on shot of the subject and frame him in the opening between the two closer warriors. Now the head shot is clean.
This is always a matter of personal preference.
Very nice! Posted: 11/01/2024 10:32:11
Hi, Karen!
It's my understanding that the purpose of this discussion board is to improved the competition results of participants in PSA-recognized exhibitions, so it's hard to separate that from photo critique. FWIW, although this is a reenactment, it was not "set up for the purposed of photography," so I don't feel it would be something I would DQ as a judge.
I agree with Richard that stepping just a bit to your left to frame the foreground warrior between the two closest BG warriors, would be a better move. I realize that you were probably seated at a table but it's OK to get up and move about during a show like this as long as you are not persistently getting in other peoples' way.
Your exposure is spot on and your bokeh choices IMHO are optimal. That said, IMHO PT is the only division where this image is likely to gain acceptances, with the possible exception of a "Human Activities" theme in the Asian Super Circuits.
Lillian
Posted: 11/11/2024 17:50:49
It's my understanding that the purpose of this discussion board is to improved the competition results of participants in PSA-recognized exhibitions, so it's hard to separate that from photo critique. FWIW, although this is a reenactment, it was not "set up for the purposed of photography," so I don't feel it would be something I would DQ as a judge.
I agree with Richard that stepping just a bit to your left to frame the foreground warrior between the two closest BG warriors, would be a better move. I realize that you were probably seated at a table but it's OK to get up and move about during a show like this as long as you are not persistently getting in other peoples' way.
Your exposure is spot on and your bokeh choices IMHO are optimal. That said, IMHO PT is the only division where this image is likely to gain acceptances, with the possible exception of a "Human Activities" theme in the Asian Super Circuits.
Lillian
Posted: 11/11/2024 17:50:49
Hi Karen, I feel the energy of the image emanates from the warriors so I think that more blur on the background would make it even more effective. I like the expressiveness of the face of the warrior in the forefront. My eyes do go to the cut off arm of the warrior on the right - maybe you have a shot that shows the whole arm. I agree with Karen and Richard on ideally framing it standing farther left. Posted: 11/13/2024 16:36:00