Rain Dance

[Chris Dodkin]

Camp Verde, AZ today - After an incredibly dry winter to date, the local Native Americans dance for rain, under increasing cloudy skies

Under the big sky

Not his first rodeo

Dancing with shadows

Sunburst head-dress

Gathering storm clouds

Into the dance

All shots 5D2 and 24mm f.14

Oh, and it worked - it rained!

 

[Brian Moore]

Those are great Chris. I think I like 3 best, but they're all very good indeed. What tribe? Hopi, Navajo,...?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Brian - Yavapai-Apache I think

 

[Brian Moore]

Did ye have a filter on the lens? Is that what brung oot the clouds and sky?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

No filter - I did some exposure comp on the original shots, and the rest was PP in Photoshop and Topaz.

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice series there Chris. I especially like second and last shots. But I guess the big question is, did it rain?!

 

[adam hoskins]

Really nice work , don't think I could pick out anything I don't like , just sublime nice touching with topaz as well really makes the pics come into their own league.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Pete and Adam - and yes Pete, it did indeed rain