Daisy May and Seth Bernard @ C2G, Fort Wayne, IN - 5/8/07

Well...something a bit different from me...actual stage lighting. Okay, so I was still shooting at ISO1600 (can't break the habit), but I was doing it with triple digit shutter speeds! My main problem was mic stands (they had 9 mic stands at the front of the stage at one point for no more than 4 performers), so some of my comps are a little weird looking. In hindsight I think I should have thought more about better comps and less about avoiding mic stands, as they can sometimes be cloned out.

The majority of these are with the 100/2. I'd appreciate any comments, esp on the pp/skin tones. Oh I've been using the custom filter for sharpening, and I think I do prefer it to USM...thanks Rene' and Dwight.

Anyway...

1. (Seth Bernard) I always wanted to do a shot like this, so well I did it

agreed, the stage lighting looks great! nice colors and it's balanced very nicely.

for 5, i think you could have cloned out the mic stand (vocals; left the gtr mic as is).

8 seems a bit lopsided to the left, would prefer a bit room that side. 6 is very nice, but i would crop the hair from the far right.

otherwise, they look really good. i like the blue screens in the back of 3.

narlus wrote in post #3175111
for 5, i think you could have cloned out the mic stand (vocals; left the gtr mic as is).

8 seems a bit lopsided to the left, would prefer a bit room that side. 6 is very nice, but i would crop the hair from the far right.

Thanks, I agree with your thoughts. I think I'll give your suggestions a try when I get home this evening. I actually didn't even notice the hair in 6 until I posted it. As for 8, that was just a miss on my part. She was turned 90 deg to me, and when she turned briefly so I could see her face, I didn't follow.

These are superb! I have huge mixed feelings about cloning and big adjustments for a huge variety of reasons but these are fine as is I think. Would have been nice to have a bit more variety of lighting or effects but that just doesn't happen for every band.

BTW, I really like your avatar.

DwightMcCann wrote in post #3177168
These are superb! I have huge mixed feelings about cloning and big adjustments for a huge variety of reasons but these are fine as is I think. Would have been nice to have a bit more variety of lighting or effects but that just doesn't happen for every band.

BTW, I really like your avatar.

I know what you mean about cloning. I generally try to keep it to a minimum (I did a small bit of cloning in 1 and 2 for instance).

This venue is primarily a church (but they do concerts on Monday nights), so the lighting never gets too wild. I have a few shots with interesting backgrounds/colors thanks to the video screens. I may have to process some of those.

here is one that I thought was interesting:

Ooooo, Aaaaah, nifty background!

My vinyl is packed up with what's left of my audio equipment ... I'm a semi-audiophile and want to get a rack for my studio and get some sounds going but I haven't had time. Maybe I'll get advice from you when I get to it, like what brand of wall mount speakers to review.

DwightMcCann wrote in post #3177355
My vinyl is packed up with what's left of my audio equipment ... I'm a semi-audiophile and want to get a rack for my studio and get some sounds going but I haven't had time. Maybe I'll get advice from you when I get to it, like what brand of wall mount speakers to review.

Hehe, you don't want to get me started! At home I have Paradigm Reference Studio 40's, which are pretty nice and affordable mid-fi speakers...but they are pretty large (they actually call the things bookshelf speakers...yeah right). I don't know much about wall mount/in-wall speakers, but for small bookshelf speakers, I'm definitely partial to these. Also, I've not heard them, but Magnepan MMGW's might be worth looking into.

4 is a lovely shot, Nice set over all.

I like #4, 5 and the last one. Nice.

bacchanal wrote in post #3177275
here is one that I thought was interesting:

very cool!

narlus wrote in post #3179452
very cool!

Agreed!

i like this set alot, 4 and 5 are really great, awsome clarity and framing, nice saturation.
Really nice.
Cheers