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Wandering_Dan (3449) 2007-09-29 14:44

Hello, Mohamed -

You have a bit of a focus problem, I think, since the whole image looks soft. I suspect you weren't allowed to use flash, since it can distract the dancers and cause them to fall. Can you up the ISO? You are using a shallow f-stop, but making it smaller also means slowing the shutter, and you get blur that way.

I do like the composition, with the double color circle and the deep shadows. Have you considered cropping this to vertical?

Dan

Clairedelune (4923) 2008-02-26 19:54

Hello Mohamed,
Your Tannoura Sufi Dance series was a discovery for me. The Sufi dances have always exerted a fascination on me. Even though I know that many, many people have already tried to photography them, I wish I could try to do it myself.
What surprised me particularly here is the rich, vivid colorful cloths they are wearing. Very interesting effect. I never saw this kind of cloths in Sufi dances' photos before.
I tend to agree with Dan about the focus. But, I realize that you were taking these photos with your small point & shoot Canon S1 IS. Gosh! I can imagine it was pretty difficult to do a proper focus and play with the depth of field. Still, I think they are a nice contribution to TE.
I would suggest to crop the right part, the person cut in part there. I also think that your signature could be a bit smaller, since it is a little bit distracting.
Thanks for this series Mohamed.
Claire