Whirling dervish by Helen Betts

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19-OCT-2005

Whirling dervish

I deliberately used a very slow shutter speed to try to capture a sense of motion. It was extremely difficult to get a picture here without someone's head in the way!

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/5s f/8.0 at 102.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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GeneWard		16-Apr-2011 00:32
a nice capture of the dervish!

Guest		18-Aug-2007 22:39
I also took a few photos of this when I was there. Very difficult. I used Fuji Velvia 50. Welldone to you for getting a close up image.

Daniel Wickwire		23-Jun-2007 17:02
I like it. It's a very dramatic motion. Of course, a really cool background without the other spectators would make it over-the-top incredible. Don't you feel you could make a study of this dancer....shooting for hours from different angles, etc. Best of luck. Daniel.

Guest		12-Jan-2006 09:32
excellent motion captured. i feel giddy just looking at him spinning. :) the guy in the bg had the right idea...using a tripod. ;)