I will bring a flash to the next such event
the large backlight was set up by the organizer which made ambient light shooting an even greater challenge
reworked this file a few times
I finally settled on combined conversions from NX2 & C1 in PS
I like the composition, unconventional though it may be
the original jpg from this can be seen in my High ISO sub gallery in Techniques here http://www.pbase.com/artichoke/high_iso&page=2