Dancing Shadows 4, Copyright 2002 Chris Marolf

Dancing Shadows 3, Copyright 2002 Chris Marolf

I have been trying to get some shots at a weekly outdoor dance event in San Francisco. Usually the light is too harsh, so I've been trying to use the circumstances to my advantage and concentrate on the shadows.
I'm trying to capture how the dynamic shadows of the bodies contrast the static legs and feet, and while I think that works, I'm not sure about the implications on the image composition that this approach affects.
What do you think? Do these images work?



-- Chris Marolf (70214.2664@compuserve.com), May 16, 2002

Answers

Definitely - although you might try some post processing to exaggerate them and see how that comes out.

-- John Kantor (jkantor@mindspring.com), May 17, 2002.

The shadows in #3 are interesting and I definitely like the leg with raised heel leaving the corner of the frame (not exactly static). But for me, the two aspects don't work well together. Probably just me. BTW, I converted #3 to B&W in PS and the tension between the two works better. Maybe because of enhanced contrast and no blue tint.

-- Brad Evans (b-evans@sbcglobal.net), May 18, 2002.