Split-Second Story
In this week’s photo challenge, capture an image that tells a full story in a single frame.
The music was playing. It was dark and bitterly cold. By the lights woven through the trees, one couple was dancing.
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Categories: #Photography, Light and Lights, night, Winter
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Gorgeous shot, Marilyn! I bet that couple would be in awe of your capture!
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Pity I never found out who they were. I did a whole series of them … all came out nicely. Had the right lens on the camera for a change!
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That (sometimes pricey) glass makes all the difference! Were you using a prime lens? Really beautiful light and sharp details!
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A 20mm (40mm in 35mm terms) f1.7 Leica prime on an Olympus PEN PM2. Great little lens.
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Yes, prime lenses are far superior with sharpness and light! Again, fantastic image! Really is a bummer the couple never saw them. Have a blessed day!
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I have three primes. Superior glass at a lower price. Good glass in any kind of telephoto is usually out of my price range and the results I get with my primes are excellent. I have an Olympus f1.8 45mm (90 in 35mm) — the best portrait lens I’ve ever used and a 14mm f2.8 Leica/Panasonic which is a good general purpose walking around lens. For everything else, I have a little Panasonic/Leica superzoom compact that I keep in my purse. I have a 40-150 tele for the 4/3 Olympuses as well as the “normal” 14-42 zoom, but I rarely use them. Not bad lenses (kind of slow) … easier to use the compact with the 24-600mm Leica lens for pix of ducks and geese on the other side of the pond 🙂
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Very sweet photo M.
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😀
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Beautiful shots and lovely night. But so damn cold!!
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I was VERY cold. Which made them all the more remarkable. I could barely stay outside long enough to get the camera focused.
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Stunning picture, the image lights set amongst the black somehow suggest the detail of cold. Clever image.
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Amazing 🙂 Made my day.
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Very romantic.
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They were indeed 🙂
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really nice take on the challenge – and great timing for such cool shot. 🙂
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This shot reminds me of our honeymoon many years ago. We were in Portland, OR. It was nighttime, and we danced in a place similar to this. A lovely photo. Thanks for the memory.
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You are most welcome 🙂
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That’s a really gorgeous photograph! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Perfect moment! Beautiful shot!
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Thank you 🙂 Shots like this always depend on being in the right place, at the right time, with a camera and the right lens. I got lucky.
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Luck seems to be sometimes the best factor in unique and awesome photography.
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For this kind of photography, luck is a huge factor. The other part is having the camera ready so you can take advantage of the moment.
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Very true! How often to I wish to have my camera in those unique moments!
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I carry a compact P&S in my bag all the time, but it still takes time to get it out and point it. In this particular case, I was photographing the lights — it was an event. I had the right camera and lens in my hand. That’s luck 🙂
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The lights on the tree shed warmth on the setting- love the halos around the street lamps
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It was lovely but very cold. And there they were, dancing. Everyone else was hustling to find someplace warm but they were dancing. I stopped to take a few pictures, then we too hustled into the warm building 🙂
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Awww so very tender and sweet! Fabulous photo.
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Thanks! I was lucky to have the camera ready when the picture appeared 🙂
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