Unstoppable, a photo from La Habana, West

Photographer's Note

This photo is from the same afrocuban cultural show about Santeria and Orishas like my other photo with the title "Vienen los Orishas", so I hope that you don't mind if I copy that note:

The Orishas are the deities of the Santeria, the tradicional afrocuban religion (often compared to the Haitian Voodoo), a mix of Catholisism and pagan ceremonies that the slaves from western Afriga brought with them to the magnificent island of Cuba. You may watch a Santeria ceremony throughout the country, and also in the capital, in the suburbs of Regla and Guanabacoa. It's an experience that you' ll never forget. You can also visit the Santeria Museum in Guanabacoa and then go nearby to the tradicional joint called "Orishas", where you can taste original creole food, while enjoing a spectacular afrocuban show (see photo). The whole story of the Orishas and the Santeria will pass right before your eyes. The main deities are there: Babalou Aye (father of the world), Yemaya (mother of the gods), Oshun (goddess of love), Chango, the "Superman of the poor" (Master of Thunder and the drums, legendary warrior and lover, archetype of modern "macho") etc. are waiting to give you as a souvenir, a small naive statue for good luck, which you have to put by the door of your house (don't forget to put also some candy, so that the small Orisha is happy). But first of all you have to "baptize" him by blowing three times towards the statue original Cuban Rum (one for good health, one for love and one for money). Allthough the "mojo" doesn't seem to work for the Cubans in the aspect of money, they have surplus of love and good health. Hope it works for you too!

*Sorry, I lost EXIF data

** POST PROCESS. I made a selection of the dancer, then selected "inverse", used a big "feather" number( i don't remember the exact number) and used in the background the Motion Blur Tool.

coco, delkoo, evanrizo, MiguelP, Angelillo, josepmarin, Xalkida, bakes888, Cuba-Junky, broglia, cengiz, syd1946, sayan, balatrek, touristdidi, zips, ilghiz, noborders heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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padeg (423) 2006-07-01 9:01

This is one of the most captivating picture of a dancer I have ever seen. Incredible. It works very well because you made it to obtain a good sharpness on the face of the woman I think.
Congratulation and thank you for sharing.
Pascal.

coco (30439) 2006-07-01 9:32

Kalispera Hercules.
Bueno, bueno, bueno,... menuda foto para hoy.
Podría decir que hay un buen postprocesado, que lo hay, pero prefiero decir que hay una foto llena de magia.

Un saludo.

delkoo (68) 2006-07-01 9:54

hi hercules
a lot of graceful mouvment in yuor shot, great blurredness on dress and sharpness on her face.

nice one
bon week end
didier

MiguelP (14470) 2006-07-01 10:11

Creo que el punto en esta foto es que has conseguido que veamos con total nitidez la alucinada expresión de la bailarina, mientras que el resto de su cuerpo nos transmite una sensación de movimiento y pasión; algo que además queda remarcado por el desenfoque del fondo.
Muy dinámica y gráfica Hércules.

evanrizo (462) 2006-07-01 10:13

Γειά σου Ηρακλή!!!
Το καταπληκτικό είναι ότι εδώ πέτυχες το πρόσωπο καθαρό και το υπόλοιπο σώμα σε κίνηση. Δίνει την εντύπωση της φωτοφραφίας με πολύ ζωντάνια.
Μπράβο.
Πολύ καλές και οι σημειώσεις.

Angelillo (9374) 2006-07-01 10:44

Hola Hercules: Si la foto es buena y el procesado también, el resultado es, como en este caso, brillante. Me recuerda mucho algunas piezas de música pensadas para virtuosos y tituladas más o menos del mismo modo: "movimiento perpetuo". Esa es exactamente la impresión que das, y para que la impresión de movimiento sea más dramática, la cara de la mujer perfectamente a foco. Al menos hay un punto en el que la mirada reposa, para volver a entrar en el vértigo de la danza. Muy bien pensada y muy bien realizada. Enhorabuena.

Angel.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-07-01 12:27

Hola Hercules.

Un paneo acojonante. Muy bueno la verdad.

Felicidades!

Un saludo, Oscar

josepmarin (59385) 2006-07-01 13:52

Hola Hercules,
Excelente esta captura de la danza, con la mujer en pleno trance, con la mirada perdida.
El movimiento y la acción del momento están muy bien reflejados aquí, se pueden notar en todo el conjunto.
La iluminación es perfecta, y los colores han quedado realmente bellos.
El contraste con el fondo de la foto me gusta mucho, destacas así muy bien a la mujer bailando.
Un saludo,
Josep

rosaline (0) 2006-07-01 14:21

Hi Hercules
Impressive shot and capture. The blur effect is great and gives the shot a dynamic feeling. The yellow colour if the outfit is nice and bright too. Good moment of action and dynamism. Well done.
Aubrey

Glint (6171) 2006-07-01 17:39 [Comment]

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fanny21 (867) 2006-07-01 18:46

Coucou Hercules!
Très belle photo! J'aime beaucoup comme tu as su faire ressortir le mouvement de cette danseuse. Le visage est très nette et nous permet d'en apprécier toute la concentration de cette femme. Les couleurs sont belles et vivantes. bravo!

Xalkida (11744) 2006-07-01 19:32

Πολλή καλή φωτογραφία φίλε Ηρακλή. Απόλυτη καταγραφή της κίνησης χωρίς να χάνεται πολύ η λεπτομέρεια! Πολλή καλή δουλειά!

bakes888 (18499) 2006-07-01 22:49

Brilliant capture Hercules. Nice sharp face even though everything else is much of a blur, and wonderful colours make this a powerful image. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Graal (103040) 2006-07-02 3:00

Hi Hercules,
very good shot, beautiful stopped a motion. Cubans dancers, interesting note. I like the pose of woman and colours. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

Cuba-Junky (2817) 2006-07-02 3:01

Hi Hercules,
Oh yes they can dance!! Rumba is what I love most to hear, the passionated dance of Cuban religion.

This woman portraits Oshun, you can see that because of her yellow dress.
She embodies love, beauty, and fertility. She represents the blood flowing through and creating human life. She is also associated with culture and the fine arts. She is the youngest of the Orishas and the messenger to the house of Olorun. Her saint is Our Lady of Charity, Cuba's Patron Saint. Her colors are yellow and gold and her number is 5

Great expressive shot!
An

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gebala (0) 2006-07-02 4:32

hello,

how she is dancing
I love this expression and I like this blurred effect:)
nice colours nice point of view:)
great efect

have a nice day
rgs

cengiz (3593) 2006-07-02 9:18

very good my friend... artistic
compliments
cengiz

syd1946 (1167) 2006-07-02 13:10

Εκπληκτικη η κινηση της χορευτριας και ακομη πιο εκπληκτικη η δικη σου κινηση να την "σταματησεις".Πραγματικα το αποτελεσμα ειναι τελειο Ηρακλη,πανεμορφα χρωματα και παρα πολυ πετυχημενος φωτισμος,μπραβο!
Θωμας

sayan (2617) 2006-07-03 5:06

hi Hercules,
This is pretty artistic capture of the dancer. With the post processing it comes out really well. I also would like to see the original one without processing.
Regards
Sayan

balatrek (7455) 2006-07-03 14:52

Hola Hercules,

No muestras una gran creación, el resultado es una imagen llena de vida y dinamismo, los colores cálidos ayudan a esta interesante composición, hasta parece escucharse la música...

Buen trabajo y gran creatividad.

Saludos, José

zips (1958) 2006-11-02 10:31

Very nice shot....everything blurred but the woman's face...outstanding post processing here.

Great colors and great notes as well.

Great Job
Aloha, JB

gns (525) 2006-12-23 15:05

desicive moment heraklis. very nice!

ilghiz (708) 2007-06-10 15:49

The face is in perfect focus due to the blur. I can feel the trance the woman is in.

noborders (1010) 2008-04-07 6:37

Great expressıon on her face and the movement ıs beautıful too - thank you to have added ıt to my theme !
Complıments,
Cath.