Everthus the Deadbeats @ Mid City, Fort Wayne, IN - 6/2/08

These guys are from Muncie, IN or somewhere like that. I like them.

1.

is that Joni Mitchell's daughter in #3?

the way her arms are placed in #4 looks creepy.

Like 4, the guitarist shot near the top had potential too but the bar going across near his head bothers me.

letsmakeart wrote in post #5768371
Like 4, the guitarist shot near the top had potential too but the bar going across near his head bothers me.

I agree with you on the bar (a projection screen), I may try to crop that one a bit closer to at least eliminate the part of the image above the bar.

wow, whos that girl

wow, what an ugly place, ugly lighting ... not your fault, but ugly.

#2 to me is the clear winner, sharpest, decent action and emotion and tight enough that the ugly surroundings are not a factor

#1, 4 are next best to me, but the background ugliness and clutter is a distraction.

#5 okay, the above mentioned better to me both technically and in interest; #6 looks like the keyboard is sharp but the woman's face blurry

#3 I understand why it's there but the novelty wears off of me after the first look but probably different for others.

Except if I could get some really good action, i.e. not this band, and tight crops, I personally would stay away from a venue like this.

Cr4zYH3aD wrote in post #5780337
wow, whos that girl

http://www.myspace.com​/everthusthedeadbeats

Rock Photo Star wrote in post #5780381
wow, what an ugly place, ugly lighting ... not your fault, but ugly.

#2 to me is the clear winner, sharpest, decent action and emotion and tight enough that the ugly surroundings are not a factor

#1, 4 are next best to me, but the background ugliness and clutter is a distraction.

#5 okay, the above mentioned better to me both technically and in interest; #6 looks like the keyboard is sharp but the woman's face blurry

#3 I understand why it's there but the novelty wears off of me after the first look but probably different for others.

Except if I could get some really good action, i.e. not this band, and tight crops, I personally would stay away from a venue like this.

Thanks, I kind of agree about the venue. I only really go there because of bands like this. Music is more of a factor to me than action...even if that isn't the best thing for my photography. To quote John Frusciante, "Music isn't the Olympics." But yeah, I think my awareness of the bg (while I'm shooting) can stand a little improvement anyhow.

I agree with you on 3 as well, the novelty has worn off for me at this point. In 6, I thought her face was pretty sharp (I always check the image at 100%), but I'll look again when I get home. It's quite possible that the face is on the very front edge of "usable" dof.

Thanks for the c&c!