Photo by Ian Wade
Black Hat Dancer
This is an image of a Black Hat Dancer taken at a festival in Central Bhutan in 2013. These dancers performance is meant to drive evil spirits from the festival area, and they work themselves into an almost trance like state. I was really pleased to be able to capture both the movement of the dance and the concentration in the dancer’s face.
Post processing notes:
I have been using ON1 since Apple Aperture stopped being supported. This image was edited using ON1 as follows - General adjustment of Tone and Colour; In Effects - Dynamic Contrast applied to dancer; Colour Enhancer to whole image to bring out reds and oranges; Glow to whole image; Colour Enhancer applied to part of dancer's sleeve to reduce blue colour and remove distraction; Big Softy vignette applied to reduce impact of background.Exif information:
| Copyright: | I.N.WADE |
| Camera: | E-M5 |
| Aperture: | f/8 |
| Focal Length: | 40mm |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/20 sec. |
| Created: | October 11, 2013 16:52:11 |