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fire performer at PDF

October 8, 2010 Neil vN 8 Comments

After I was so thrilled with watching and photographing the fire performers at their wedding, Katie and Nathan managed to get me a ticket to the PDF event this weekend. Due to work commitments this weekend, I was only able to visit tonight (Friday), and take in the activities and spirit of the event, and chat to random people. Magical.

Of the fire performers (and other participants) I photographed, I really liked the few images I got of Nichole .. and thought I’d show them here as a small glimpse of the event.

Shot with the Nikon D3, using the Nikon 85mm f1.4D lens
1/125 @ f1.4 @ 3200 ISO

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8 Comments, Add Your Own

  1. 1Naieem Kaiz says

    October 9, 2010 at 11:38 am

    As usual, nice.. Neil, but I felt that the subject is a bit too tight when it comes to composition.. I am no expert.. but just my opinion.. could have tried the 50mm f1.4 as well for a wider view..

    Awesome pics still.. no wonder about that, since its you who clicked.. :)

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  2. 2Paul Hodgson says

    October 9, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    I like both images and still in awe at how the D3 copes with such iso’s and more.

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  3. 3Jess says

    October 9, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    Fantastic!

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  4. 4Brenton says

    October 10, 2010 at 7:37 am

    Fire twirling is very cool, I came across this group at the foot of the Harbour Bridge whilst shooting cityscapes: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=124840436695&set=a.124839091695.116166.668806695
    Keep up the great posts!

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  5. 5Stephen says

    October 10, 2010 at 8:53 am

    Excellent shots!

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  6. 6V says

    December 4, 2010 at 1:06 am

    How do you take pics of fire performers? I had some fire performing bartenders the other night. The room is a certain ambient, the fire is bright.
    The fire breathing parts light up the whole room too!

    But it’s only for a second, so I don’t know how bright it’ll get, so I don’t know how to adjust my settings so it’s not blown out.

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  7. 7Neil vN says

    December 4, 2010 at 9:56 am

    V … this is a tough scenario, since the ambient light can vary drastically in seconds. I’d opt here for shooting in one of the auto modes on the camera – Program / Aperture priority / Shutter priority – to have the camera help me in getting towards a correct exposure.

    Bracketing and shooting very fast sequences … and shooting in RAW … will all help in getting some images that work.

    Neil vN

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