Nashville Band - Portraits

Was doing some volunteer/probono work last night with a band from Nashville, TN...They came into Austin, TX for the FunFunFun Fest going on this weekend...

Lighting was absolutely horrible at the venue...Even at f2.8 I wasn't able to get a shutter speed over 1/100sec, usually it was at 1/50sec...On my 7D it required ISO 6400 quite alot...Luckily I was able to secure these 2, which I feel are pretty solid...these photos were actually taken with my 28-135mm kit lens so I could get closer shots...the only other glass I had with me (from a job earlier yesterday) was my 16-35 f2.8 mk1...so the shots i got with that were obviously much wider

Colette -- I waited for the right moment between her drumming to grab this one...Did some tone curve editing in LR5 to produce the blueish color & added a +33 vignette to produce the soft white around the corners
1/25sec f5.6 ISO6400 85mm (28-135mm kit lens)

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That second one is GREAT!!

There's something funky going on with the drummer shot and the light creeping in from bottom of frame

thanks...im pretty sure i went a little heavy with the white vignette...ill be honest, this was earlier in my processing days & for whatever reason, i thought it was ok to do so...ive clearly grown up since then

Both great images. The second image is spectacular! The first image could use some tweaking. I wouldn't vignette light when you darkened the second image corners. For the images to be cohesive you need that consistency of same feel. Other than that, the rest is personal preference how you go about finishing your editing. Personally I like a punch of clarity GREAT JOB!!

Second image is phenomenal. Really captured a mood.