Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, thank you. There was no safety net! Peter On 19/04/2022 23:09, Douglas Barry wrote: > Good enough, Peter, to give us - well me anyway - a sense of fear and > awe! I think you did an excellent job given the restrictions of your > situation. The one of him hanging upside down by his bent feet - with > not even a glimpse of a safety net - gives me the jitters, just looking > at it! > > Douglas > > > > On 19/04/2022 22:13, Peter Dzwig wrote: >> >> All, >> >> A few days ago I was at Goodwood watching a band on a stage in front >> of me. I suddenly realised that the framework next to me (which I had >> largely ignored) was being readied for some kind of spectacle. >> It turned out to be a pair of acrobats on a high wire. >> >> Being a good LUGer I had only my Fuji XE-2 (I don't use the IIIf much >> and the M3 is being repaired), with standard lens. >> >> The nearest performer turned out to be a free-spinning acrobat >> suspended from a wire about 10m up. Her colleague was a tightrope >> walker, with his platform about 20 - 30m from me. Together they put on >> an amazing show. >> >> It was entirely in the open air on a dark spring night with the only >> lighting from spots and the nearby stage and at times lots of smoke >> from nearby fires. >> >> Here's a question: What would you have done? Would you (a) just watch >> the show; (b) shoot and see what happens? >> >> Again, being a good LUGer I chose (b), span the ISO to 1600, set it to >> Auto and shot. All were in colour, but I have converted to B&W and >> done a bit of work on. >> >> These are the results (quality isn't that good, but...): >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Acrobats_Goodwood_1_edited1.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> It opened with her spinning up, she span faster and faster making the >> wire vibrate which made him shake a little but he stayed on! >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Acrobat_Goodwood_2_edited-1.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> >> The tightrope walker sets off: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Tightrope_Walker_2_edited-1.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> Then advances: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/DSCF2251_Tightrope_walker.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Tightrope_Walker_Goodwood_2_edited-1.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> Stops and then hangs upside down from the wire! >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Rightrope_walker_upside_down_edited-1.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> Climbs back on the wire, lays flat along it and starts to rotate! >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Tightrope_Walker_edited-2.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> (the strobe-like effect is presumably caused by the combination of the >> spots, the smoke and the camera sensor) and then he stands on his head! >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Acrobats_Goodwood_2_edited-1.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> Anyway, it was a fun exercise. I hope you like some of them at least. >> >> As always CC&Cs welcome. >> >> Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Dr. Peter Dzwig