Christmas Revels at Lisner Auditorium, November 2009

These are pictures of one of the "technical nights" of the Washington Revels "Christmas Revels." It is basically a dress rehearsal on the stage where the performance takes place with all the lighting and assorted bells and whistles. The theme this year is the Italian Renaissance and the revels include Leonardo da Vinci, the Doge of Venice, and the comic maid "Smeralda."

I took these pictures using my Canon EOS 7D SLR (sometimes with benefit of a Speedlite 580 EX-II flash) using both a Canon L-series 24-105mm short zoom and a 70-200mm medium zoom. I developed the pictures in Adobe Lightroom 2.3 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. I used Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail plug-ins to make some of the pictures pop or be sharper. I also used Noiseware 2.0 to reduce the graininess that shooting at high ISOs produces.

I've posted the picture set that this video came from at the flickr link below. If you wish to use any of the pictures for any publication, please let me know first (I won't charge for such usage but I want to be properly credited).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maskirovka77/collections/72157622834820275/

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• Washington Revels
• DC Revels
• Christmas Revels
• Italian Renaissance
• Christmas
• celebration
• Winter Solstice
• singing
• dancing
• costumes
• EOS 7D
• SLR
• L-series
• Canon
• 24-105mm
• short zoom
• 70-200mm
• medium zoom
• Adobe
• Lightroom 2.3
• Photoshop Elements 7.0
• Topaz Adjust
• Topaz Detail
• Noiseware 2.0