Feria de Abril - Flamenco April Fair

[hwchoy]

for those who wonder why I have been neglecting fishes


This is the Singapore version of the April Festival traditionally held in Seville, the capital city of Andalucia, Spain. You can find out more from the Flamenco Asia site www.flamencoasia.com

These are shot with EOS 20D and 50/1.2L manually exposed under available light at ƒ/2.0 between 1/200-1/320s, ISO800.


Daphne Huang (dancer/instructor) performing a Soleá, the dress she is wearing is known as a Bata de Cola.









Antonio Vargas is a veteran flamenco artists and mostly does choreography work these days. He is now based in Singapore. Here he performed a Farruca.

[ranmasatome]

why is she frowning all the time....??

[trident]

I think she is worth neglecting your fish for....................

Good of you to bring attention to this event, I am many of us is not aware of it.
Great photos

[hwchoy]

why is she frowning all the time....??

its part of flamenco, they don't always smile. in fact they usually do not smile.

[hwchoy]

I think she is worth neglecting your fish for....................

Good of you to bring attention to this event, I am many of us is not aware of it.
Great photos

yes since a lot of you guys are acquiring photographic gear, you might as well try various other genre. I am currently into stage performance and some sports. each genre has its own insights and challenges. even for dance, different dances calls for different things to be captured.

[benny]

Are these shot wide open? Don't look like it right?

Was looking at the 50mm f/1.2 and it's S$1700 for a new set.

Cheers,

[luenny]

I use to take all genre. Shoot whatever I think is nice whenever I can. I find that doing so makes it very hard for me to improve. Now I try to concentrate until I master one subject first before moving on. I think it's better this way. Still have a lot of things to learn for macro.

[hwchoy]

Are these shot wide open? Don't look like it right?

Was looking at the 50mm f/1.2 and it's S$1700 for a new set.

Cheers,

no it is shot at ƒ/2.0 because the 50/1.2 can be a bit soft at wide open, although it does not flare like the 501/4.

MS Colour quoted me $2,200 + GST but I got this item at $1,700 from a guy who got it from HK to resell but got stuck.

[ranmasatome]

haha... choy.. i found a 50mm 0.95...old FD lense..but WAH!! hole so big!!!!!

anyway.. sounds like a very frowny dance..the way you put it..haha..

[hwchoy]

ooo 50/.95! got converter to EF? the 50/1.2L really renders those light spots into nice creamy spots. bokeh sibeh swee.