Bluesfest 08 byron bay 5D 70-200, 24-70

[taojones]

Hi, another easter another bluesfest in byron bay australia. Less blues but still great music if any of you are interested in seeing a gallery of shots here is a link..more difficult to shoot this year higher stages and very difficult lighting..

Keith Urban, buddy guy, ray davis etc it is a 10mb gallery.....thanks tj

http://byronbayphotographer.com/Bluesfest08/index.html

[DwightMcCann]

Welcome Home! You don't post often but when you do it's a block buster. That's an amazing gallery of grand images. I love the huge variety of characters and the saturated colors (and lovely wimmen.) Quite excellent.

[René Damkot]

Very nice images there.
Some a bit weaker shots in the middle of the gallery (totally lost count obviously), but overall solid set, with some great images (mainly at the beginning of the gallery IMO)

[datadump]

that was a great set of shots for bfest. theres a shot in the middle there of a woman that kinda looked like sinead o'connor..

[taojones]

thanks guys...yep it is sinead o'connor, she was very good to. Here is my settings if anyone is interested. It was not great light but I used the 70-200 for nealry all stage shots, ISO 800-1600, M mode, auto focus, spot metering, f2.8, and adjusted the timing to suit the lighting conditions or the ISO.
Didn't take any notice of what the camera was telling me except to check every now and again an image on the back. The lights were changing to quickly for the camera. 1-3 song each performer. My favorites were Buddy Guy, Lee RItenour, and the Black Crows but overall it was a well creased show with some great performances.
Outside night shots I used the flash in M mode 24-70, f5.6, ISO 800, timing 1/6th. I like the slight blur this setting creates and it gives me plenty of light...thanks again, tj

[narlus]

these are excellent overall. only critique i'd give is that it would be helpful to title the image w/ the performer.