Poison the Well @ Vans Warped tour MN CC welcome

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This is Poison the Well a pretty heavy rock band preforming at the vans warped tour in minneapolis mn. Had 3 songs to get these shots... What do you think? All cc is welcome.

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any suggestions / comments?

[niqqunos]

love the third shot - what's the EXIF for it?

the first shot I would have shot portrait to get the whole guitarist in the frame...
my only other critique on the first and second shots is the depth of field - did you use your 18-200 and if so, what was the focal length and aperture? i'd suggest grabbing a cheap 50mm 1.8 and shooting nearly wide-open to get the increased perspective of the 1.8 aperture...

otherwise, good shots and they looked like a pretty energetic band!

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Thanks for the comment niqqunos. I did use my 18-200. The third shot was likely at f 5.6 at iso 400, 100mm, 1/250 sec but I am not positive. I would check for sure but I dont have the original photograph on the computer I am using.

I am not sure what you mean by shooting wide open to get increased perspective. Stopping down your lens gives you an increase of depth of field not opening it up. Opening the aperture to 1.8 would decrease the amount of in focus material in the photograph whereas shooting at f 8 would increase depth of field.

[niqqunos]

Thanks for the comment niqqunos. I did use my 18-200. The third shot was likely at f 5.6 at iso 400, 100mm, 1/250 sec but I am not positive. I would check for sure but I dont have the original photograph on the computer I am using.

I am not sure what you mean by shooting wide open to get increased perspective. Stopping down your lens gives you an increase of depth of field not opening it up. Opening the aperture to 1.8 would decrease the amount of in focus material in the photograph whereas shooting at f 8 would increase depth of field.

yeah that's exactly what i mean - you can make the subject of the photo (i.e. the performer) 'pop' out of the background more with a wider aperture of 1.8 or 2.8 as the background would be less in focus than the foreground. that way you can also use faster shutter speeds and hence get shots in lower light conditions.