Dancing at CLX2014

[bugmeister]

Some dancers to go along with the other post today of the live entertainment at the Cambridge Lindy Exchange 2014 Sunday tea dance.

 

This may have been the middle of the afternoon but it didn't stop this lot from going for it and having a great deal of fun, despite the fact that some of them had been dancing until 4am the previous night!

 

Please restrict comments to the photography and/or respectful comments on the dancers or dancing, these are not posted for a caption competition (that may come later if I can get any of the dancers to agree).

 

Canon EOS 5D mkII, Canon 70-200 f/4L. 1/200s @ 70mm @ f4 @ iso400

 

Canon EOS 5D mkII, Canon 70-200 f/4L. 1/200s @ 87mm @ f4 @ iso400

 

Canon EOS 5D mkII, Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM. 1/320s @ 40mm @ f5 @ iso400

 

Canon EOS 5D mkII, Canon 70-200 f/4L. 1/320s @ 98mm @ f4.5 @ iso400

 

Canon EOS 5D mkII, Canon 70-200 f/4L. 1/250s @ 70mm @ f5 @ iso400

 

Trying to get a bit arty

Canon EOS 5D mkII, Canon 70-200 f/4L. 1/50s @ 70mm @ f4 @ iso3200

 

and yes I was snapped dancing very badly (as usual), blame a photographer friend I often shoot with who grabbed my camera.

Canon EOS 5D mkII, Canon 70-200 f/4L. 1/80s @ 81mm @ f4 @ iso6400

 

[kev7d]

What a great set. I particularly like number 5 where the green dress is moving and clearly captures the energy of the dance.

[FUJI]

WOW!

WINNER'S ALL!

You are clearly, at home, shooting in the dance atmosphere.........another, very talented TIPF member......more please.

FUJI

[ChrisLumix]

I like the mono shot of legs and feet.

[NannyFerret]

That's a smashing set, Bugs.
I can't pick a favourite as all of them have captured the mood of the day and I like them all.

[bugmeister]

Thank you

 

These type of pictures are always a challenge due to the (lack of) light and the speed of movement, so I tend to use diffused or bounced flash where people's faces are in shot. For the feet picture, I didn't use flash because I didn't care about movement, in fact I wanted it, so I just upped the iso to give a halfway usable shutter speed and fired off a number of shots from floor level.

 

The last one, my friend took using her usual settings for this kind of shot which ended up being a bit blurry because we were moving too fast (yeah, right), but I included it for fun

[fuzzyedges]

 

 

These type of pictures are always a challenge due to the (lack of) light and the speed of movement,

Not to mention the subjects being face to face or back to back or any combination of one only facing the lens

Did well Bugs

Sliding doors is a good dance move to get them side by side