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I have been very busy the last couple of weeks, work, family, chores, visiting aged people and helping the church are some of the things which kept me so busy and offline.

Another thing which kept me busy was my children's activities. Seen in this photo, is not one of my children but one of a couple of photos I took at one of these events.

This was a school acrobatics event which took place for a larger competition which is organized by Randfontein Arts and Culture Association (RACA).

 

After work on a Saturday (2019-08-17) I went to the RACA which were held in Randfontein at one of the schools. There were hundreds of people and participants from other schools as well competing in this event.

The event was already running late. When we finished up much later at night it was already running three and a half hours late. The children performed very well despite of all the challenges.

 

I brought my camera along knowing that it would be a loooooooong and boring night. I had a great challenge to keep me busy. Low light, movement, long distance and limited entry level camera equipment.

 

I used the Nikon Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm DX lens. ( I know, not the best lens for low light, but the distance I had to cover was great)

Timing was important and I had to anticipate where the participants would pause for a second to take a picture.

 

All ended well and I gained some experience.

I can definitely see the advantage that a higher end camera and/or a full frame camera would have had in this situation. I had to bump the ISO up quite some bit to make up for the low light performance of the lens and the ISO characteristics of my entry level DSLR.

 

Using the Nikon Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 ED VR DX lens.

Freehand and full manual.

Critique is welcomed.

Thank you all very much for your visits, favs and comments.

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