Waiting for the Dancers

[Brian Moore]

Took this a few weeks ago after a dance event at Huntington Beach High School. I balanced the camera on my knee (kneepod) to steady it. The people you see are waiting for the dancers to emerge following the performance.

Used my Oly XA and Kodak Ultramax 400 film. The artificial lighting caused a very greenish cast to the image so I modified the tone.

 

[Pete Askew]

I see you used the slightly dicky knee again Brian to give a bit of motion blur! Which I like especially that line of light. And I like the faint shadows on the walls. One can almost imagine the dome of a cathedral on the left!

 

[Brian Moore]

Alas, that particular knee is less flat than I'd prefer for photographical purposes, Pete. Its somewhat roundish shape renders long exposures vulnerable to the slightest movement, like you see here. (It didn't help that I was simultaniously restraining a certain intelligent--and pretty--canine through the medium of a red leash and tartan collar.) Oh,...and you should see that cathedral! Thanks for your comments Pete.

 

[Lesley Jones]

Brian... have you ever used dogpod?

Having been a dancer in my distant youth, I really like the way you have captured this

 

[Brian Moore]

Brian... have you ever used dogpod?

Having been a dancer in my distant youth, I really like the way you have captured this

Thank you very much, Lesley.

By the way, I've never used the dogpod, but its a capital idea. I'll have a chat with Sadie when I get home from work!

Thanks again, Lesley.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Clearly a group of extraterrestrials going back into the mothership - well captured!

 

[Brian Moore]

Nothing gets past you, Chris! Thank you.

 

[Pete Askew]

It's beginning to make more sense now. I thought they were all wearing flat caps (I'd assumed, falsely it seems, that it was a clog dancing event), but that is obviously their 'beaks' blurred by Brian's knee trebling due to his nervousness!!

 

[Brian Moore]

Cor blimey, Pete! Between you and Chris, a pair of right old Sherlocks the two of you, I can't conceal anything. Yes,...I was a little nervous about being summoned aboard, as my photographical recordings of Earth and its inhabitants is not quite finished. (But I wasn't in Holland,...so there! )

 

[Pete Askew]

I was thinking more Lancashire!!

There is still much more to learn about us Earthlings than you thought!! Clearly you underestimate us!!

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