The Singkil Dance

This is a traditional pilipino cultural dance with Muslim origins. This shot was taken at a show put on by the Pilipino Cultural Exchange at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. They didn't allow flash photography, so I had to just bump up to ISO 1600 and hope for the best. I had issues with image noise (can't really see here). Any suggestions on fast/efficient ways of getting rid of noise? Please rate/score/comment only if you have photos posted here on photo.net. Seeing your work helps me to understand where you are coming from. Thanks!

Here is one of my favorite pictures from a set I took at a

performance put on by the Pilipino Cultural Exchange of Cal Poly

State University. I sat in the front row, so I was able to get some

great close-ups, but I had difficulty in choosing how to compose a

lot of the shots. In this particular photo, I really wanted to get

all the guys in the background, but if I went any wider, I'd get the

curtains and ugly lighting above. Any suggestions? Thanks for your

time!

 

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Michael, you want to consider also (for another shot), cropping around the dancer bring all the focus on her. Shooting while during a live show is difficult, which is why I usually get the dancers to come and we can work on bringing out a better shot. Would love to see more of this dance.

Michael, I think this shot is very good. I would not crop any closer on the dancer. Very nicely done!

Thanks for the comments and advice! This group will be doing their annual performance this weekend. Hopefully I'll capture some winners. :)