Today I went to the Circus

[dosdan]

I went to the circus today and took a lot of photos. I used a K100D Super with Pentax-A 70-200/F4 (not the SMC version) & Pentax-F SMC 35-105/F4-F5.6. It was difficult with the lighting. I used the standard camera flash about 6 rows back, but the stage was deep and some stuff occurred high up so the flash was of marginal help. A stronger flash may have helped more. I found it difficult shooting the faster moving acts. I also spent a far bit of time changing the SR FL setting when changing zoom settings on the "A" lens. Most of it was at ISO 1600. I shot in raw and set the white balance afterwards to 2940K to account for the spot lights. Also I found out later I had the flash still set to red-eye reduction mode which was a silly thing to overlook as it delayed the shutter a bit more and, as there was plenty of action shots, made it a bit more difficult to capture the right moment. I tried tracking some of the moving acts. Sometimes I got it, sometimes I missed.


Anyway, here's some shots.

[ftpaddict]

Shots aren't working. Are you sure you've uploaded them right?

[dosdan]

I got a lot of blurred shots trying to get the girl on the rope swinging around high up. I was using the "F" lens in MF mode ISO 1600, 1/45s, F4 & F5.6. The speed was too slow for the action.

So, in desperation, I switched to ISO 3200, 1/125s, F4 and caught this shot as she was coming down the rope. It was a bit over-exposed, but I pulled it back in processing.

[dosdan]

"A" lens, ISO1600, 1/180s, F4:

[dosdan]

"A" lens, 1/180s, ISO 1600, F4 at 200mm:

[dosdan]

"A" lens, ISO 1600, 1/90s, F6.7 at 120mm:



As above except 1/30s:



As above except 1/180s, F4:



Same as previous:

[dosdan]

2 shots with "A" lens, ISO 1600, 1/180s, F4 at 120mm:






As above except F5.6:

[dosdan]

"A" lens, ISO 1600, 1/90s, F4 at 150mm:

[dosdan]

"A" lens, ISO 1600, 1/90s, F4 at 150mm:



6 shots as above except 1/180s:

[dosdan]

"A" lens, ISO 1600, 1/125s, F6.7 at 150mm:



The rest are the same except 1/90s:

[dosdan]

"A" lens, ISO 1600, 1/90s, F6.7 at 120mm:



As above except 1/30s:



2 shots as above except 1/180s, F4:

[daacon]

Wow that is a lot of shots - some goods one though. The flexibility of the high wire girl makes me cringe as I can hear my back breaking.

[dosdan]

2 shots "A" lens, ISO 800 (change of ISO), 1/20s, F5.6 at 120mm:





2 shots as above except FL 70mm:






"F" lens (change of lens) in AF mode, ISO 800, 1/90s, F5.6 at 70mm:




Final 4 shots as previous except 1/60s, F5.6 at 48mm:










That all folks!

[cupic]

A fine effort in difficult situation

I like the rich colours in the clown scenes

cheers

[k100d]

Originally Posted by cupic

A fine effort in difficult situation

this was what i was thinking as well, you captured the people very well