Rick Womer wrote:
My daughter has developed an interest in competitive ballroom dancing. This is interesting: my complete klutziness is clearly a recessive trait.
Speaking of genetics, judging by your daughter your wife must be stunningly beautiful.
The studio she and her dance partner have been using put on a show Sunday. Shooting dancing is hard! The light isn't too good, motion is fast and all over the place, and if one's timing is off one can make the most graceful people look like clods.
It is indeed a challenge. You did a very credible job of it.
Fortunately Ellen and her partner performed about three-quarters of the way through the afternoon, so I had some time to practice and sort out technique. They performed a very intricate waltz, which her partner had choreographed. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=946280 (K10D, DA 50-200; fixed manual exposure of f/4.5 @ 1/45, ISO 1100. Used a one-stop gradient filter in LR to lighten the top 1/3 or so of most of the shots).
I suspect that you're beginning to gain an appreciation of my fascination for fast glass. If you can shoot them practicing sometime, you might want to try a 50/1.4. Even an old supertak on an adapter can do a very credible job, and if you're shooting wide open the lack of auto stop down is no issue. If you need to crop, just think of it as trading resolution for speed (f/1.4) and depth of field (since you aren't zooming).
My one quibble with this set is that it looks like the color balance is a touch off.
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