Dancing in the Dark

Last night (around 10 - 10:30PM) we went to the beach to see a Dance

performance. We didn't pay to get in so we were restricted to the

sidelines, about 300 yards away and had to stand outside of a cyclone

fence. The performance had very low lighting throughout. I used my 70-

300mm lens, used 3200 ISO, 1/60sec (I had to wait until the dancers

stood reasonably still), and had my exposure compensation set to its

maximum of +2. Of course all the shots were dark with lots of digital

noise so I did what I could in Photoshop.

 

Comments??

Of course I meant 300 feet away - not 300 yards away. Sorry for the mistake.

Marvin, congratulations on being able to stay up so late. As for the pic it's impossible to know how dark everything was and what you had to do to resurrect it, but your explanation shows considerable effort and the results are grand. I can only wonder how good this pic would be if you paid to get in. The extremity of conditions in combination with the results tell me you are an excellent shootist. I can't think that any adjustments would make this any better. Congratulations this is one extraordinary shot. Regards, Bernie (hope my humor didn't put you off:)