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    Well, I have gotten started in this Concert photography thing that I was talking about in the 7D thread.
    Here are some photos from the last few shows I have had the opportunity to shoot.

    This is most assuredly one of themost demanding environments I have ever taken photos in in many aspects. It is physically, and mentally demanding.

    The photo pit is like a war zone. There are people in the crowd pushing into the barrier, band members all up in your face with the whipping of the mic. cables, bouncers and many trip hazards not to mention the other photogs vying for the best shot.

    Well, here are a few of the shots I have taken in the past few weeks of shooting.

    Feel free to criticize, and if you have some insight on how to create better photos in this incredibly difficult low light setting, fill me in.

    For the majority of these shots, they are at Iso 1600-3600 F2.8 and an aperture of 60-120.









    More to come as I get them processed.

    Photobucket has really beat up the quality of these images, but you get the idea.
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    • #3
      This one rocks! Great compostion. I think if it was a bit more in focus that it would make a great cover for Rolling Stone Mag! Rock on royal Oakley dude...:thumbs_up

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      • #4
        Thanks Kurt.
        It is actually in focus, photobucket pixelates the hell out of the pics.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by NAILER341 View Post
          Thanks Kurt.
          It is actually in focus, photobucket pixelates the hell out of the pics.
          I hate photo bucket. Bastards!
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          • #6
            Originally posted by rat patrol View Post
            This one rocks! Great compostion. I think if it was a bit more in focus that it would make a great cover for Rolling Stone Mag! Rock on royal Oakley dude...:thumbs_up



            This is from Fotki and smugmug
            It is a bit better but still a bit compressed.
            Last edited by NAILER341; 01-19-10, 08:52 AM.
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            • #7
              I'm diggin' these, Erik. Nice work!
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              • #8
                Pretty professional looking stuff to me.
                holes = cowbell

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                • #9
                  Looks like you had a good shoot! They look great.

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                  • #10
                    SmugMug rocks! Are you tweaking their default sharpening settings (in your gallery settings)? I'm pretty happy with the defaults. I do crank down my images in PS though. I typically don't upload anything larger than 1600px unless for some reason I need to (like to sell or print a poster through their service). But when you let Smug display those images they come out so sharp!

                    What lens are using for that indoor no-light stuff? 80mm F1.4 would be sweet for you!

                    Here is a SmugMug hosted image. Pretty sharp I think (and no, I'm not gay):

                    Last edited by nwoods; 01-20-10, 09:35 PM.
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                    • #11
                      the lenses were either the 70-200 2.8 or the 24-70 2.8.
                      The problem with this stuff is such terrible lighting that you have to crank the iso up and the aperture down.


                      Most of the pics were on photo bucket.

                      These are on fotki.com





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                      • #12
                        wow! those are some excellent shots,

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by NAILER341 View Post
                          the lenses were either the 70-200 2.8 or the 24-70 2.8.
                          The problem with this stuff is such terrible lighting that you have to crank the iso up and the aperture down.
                          You should swing by Samy's or Pro Photo Connection and rent an F1.4 lens. You will LOVE it.
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                          • #14
                            That is not a bad idea.
                            I might have to look into one of those.
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                            • #15
                              Man, I love that 70-200 2.8

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