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This was my first attempt at photographing a dance event.

It waschallenging and fun. I even went back the second night to adjustsettings and get some shots I missed the first night. This was thefinale to God Bless the USA.

Thanks for your comments

Pretty good for a first attempt. I shot a similar show and curiously was looking through my images to post one tonight but I wasn't generally happy with them so I haven't posted yet. I like this shot, seems you got some good sharpness in a group shot there. What was your focal length, shutter speed and aperture? Did you use flash? Thanks.

Canon 20D...24-70L 2.8 Canon lens...ISO 1600...4O mm...4.5 apeture..1/400.No Flash. Taken from a good distance away. Couldn't believe I caught her jump as she was standing in formation with the others than turned and did this jump. Check out my other shots from this event. Thank you for your comments

Elaine Marie

I checked Elaine, good shots ... I got a Rebel XT and my 1600 ISO shots looked crappy - but for a jump like you caught in your shot, I definitely needed 1600 ISO to give me a workable shutter speed, and I was far from the stage myself (because of a mixup with my seat) ... but then if I was closer, with the 1.6x magnification, I couldn't go wide enough for a big group shot.

Nice Capture, Elaine. These shots are obviously difficult due to the lighting. A tripod helps more than you can imagine. You could have taken the same shot with less grain at 800 ISO and a shuuter speed of 1/200 and that would have been plenty fast enough to freeze her jump.