Amazing 'tiger dance' photo was shot with pop-up flash and a slow shutter speed

'Tiger dancer' performing Pulikali during India's Onam festival, with spiral of lights behind
Sayan Biswas used a slow shutter speed to gather more light and blur the background lights, while a pop of flash froze the striking subject. EXIF: 1/13 sec, f/13, ISO200 (Image credit: Sayan Biswas)

This vibrant photograph of a tiger dancer was captured as part of Sayan Biswas' series on folk art form Pulikali, which is celebrated in the state of Kerala, India. Sayan used a Nikon D5200 and a Tokina atx-i 11-16mm CF f/2.8 lens. And while you might assume the best flashgun or strobe was used to capture the photograph, the photographer made fantastic use of the D5200's built-in, pop-up flash.

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Mike Harris
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Mike is Digital Camera World's How To Editor. He has over a decade of experience, writing for some of the biggest specialist publications including Digital Camera, Digital Photographer and PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine. Prior to DCW, Mike was Deputy Editor of N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine and Production Editor at Wex Photo Video, where he sharpened his skills in both the stills and videography spheres. While he's an avid motorsport photographer, his skills extend to every genre of photography – making him one of Digital Camera World's top tutors for techniques on cameras, lenses, tripods, filters and other imaging equipment – as well as sharing his expertise on shooting everything from portraits and landscapes to abstracts and architecture to wildlife and, yes, fast things going around race tracks...