Pair of urban tribal fire worshipers

qwerrie in PHOTOGRAPHY [DAC] • 8 days ago (edited)

Look at this cool pair of fire worshipers I encountered few days ago on my way back home from office.

It happened in a bit funny way: I stopped to take a photo of a little boy on a scooter, when suddenly I heard a burst of music! It turned out that in the bushes (in the shadows) there was this couple hiding, who were completely unnoticeable until you were right in front of them. And they started their show for passers-by at the very moment when I was passing by! The guy with guitar that exploded with fire and music really amuzed me. Most of the photos with the girl were blurry (well, she was moving faster than the shutter speed of my camera - I admit it, lol). However, I got a few spectacular shots, and I chose these two to show you. They give a pretty good idea of this cool show.

location:	St.Petersburg, Russia	July 2025	natural light
camera/lens:	Canon 5dm3	Canon 70-200mm	raw-conv

It was my pleasure to entertain you, hope you enjoyed walking the streets of St.Petersburg with me. See you next time!

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8 days ago in PHOTOGRAPHY [DAC] by qwerrie

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russia-btc 8 days ago

Весело у вас там ))) И как только у людей времени хватает на всякую ерунду! )
!PIZZA

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qwerrie 7 days ago

Если под ерундой вы подразумеваете все те висюльки и бранзулетки, которыми барышня себя обвесила - то да, сам диву даюсь!
!PIZZA

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holoz0r 7 days ago

I love how guitar dude in the background is just ... initially chilling, then the subsequent photo is "he was not chilling". I wish there were performances on the street like this here!

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qwerrie 7 days ago

No fire dancers at all???? sad to hear that. Maybe I live in the cultural capitol / biggest tourist oriented city in Russia, thats why we are spoiled by the abundance of all kinds of creative activity. I see such performances very often. But the photos are rarely successful - the performances usually take place in the evening, to photograph fast-moving objects without a flash - well, you understand.
!BEER

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holoz0r 7 days ago

We do get them around festival season, but that's for a single month of the year, during the most dangerous time... for uh, real fires to devastate our environment. :P

For evening performances, you can always just set the ISO to 64,000 or higher, and hope for the best :D I am getting some decent results out of Lightroom's denoise / raw details at high ISOs (Nikon Z6 / Z5 camera bodies).

I think the bulk of these shots were around 32,000 ISO (with noise reduction done in lightroom). It can work, but only just. Noise in the shadows is always a problem!

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qwerrie 7 days ago

Ha.... er.... 64? 32?.. I try not to get out from zone 1-2. Silly me! 😂😂😂

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holoz0r 7 days ago

Ideally, I like to shoot at a low ISO as possible. I have trauma from my firs "bridge" camera, which was a FujiFinePix S SOMETHING (Can't remember the number) - it had horrible noise, no matter the ISO setting.

But it had a manual setting.

It was my last shitty camera before I got a proper DSLR, and since then, its been wide apertures, big sensors, and low ISO as possible. It has taken me 25 years since owning that camera to have faith in any ISO that has four digits :D