Dance show in Philadelphia...

I took some shots for my girlfriend and her friends' show in Philadelphia over the weekend. Had alot of fun shooting some of these are the better of my dance shots. Im getting better but I still have issues focusing... Any advice on that? But here is 8 of them. I took 100+ but I liked these the best.
Im shooting 30+ feet away with my 50-150 f2.8 sigma.

**I re-loaded the pictures they should have EXIF, some have changed**

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They're all a little dark. I like 6 & 7 ... six even with the cut off people seems to work. The last would be better if you hadn't clipped her toe and again a bit more light. EXIF would be nice.

Yea, I know I try to get the right exposure but its tough, and I don't know if I want to bump it up after the fact. Can anyone help me though, I need pointers on getting better focus... Shooting 50-150 f2.8 usually at 2.8 iso ranges through 800-1000 but I cant seem to ever get perfectly clear shots. BTW Im not sure why my exif isn't showing up.

If you want that kind of help you will have to include EXIF data with the images rather than stripping it out. But if the light isn't there you can't do much. Perhaps get a faster lens such as 50mm f/1.4.

I'm not sure where my exif went I guess ill re-upload them maybe lightroom stripped it...

MrMorrill wrote in post #7639342
I don't know if I want to bump it up after the fact.

Why not?
If the image ends up looking better, I have no hesitation whatsoever...

Rene, I have found that sometimes when I bring up the exposure the photo's grain shows much more. Ok question for you all, When i upload from flickr i lose my EXIF but I can view the data in my "Original" but not any other size. Any suggestions?

Added new photos with EXIF, and changed two.. Heres anotherone that showed alot of emotion i liked from a rehersal.

Flickr strips EXIF from everything except the "original" view.

For shots of stage shows, I would suggest that you shoot at the highest ISO you can - it's easier to ameliorate the effects of noise than it is to reduce motion blur.

My process is:

* shoot RAW
* Lightroom to straighten, crop and colour and exposure adjust. Export as TIFF
* NeatImage with my own presets to reduce noise. Export as TIFF
* A script in Paint Shop Pro to resize and sharpen. Export as JPG

The results are something like:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/atp/2678833445/

I usually shoot 1000+ iso to deal with the blur, but its not the blur that im worried about it just seems as if some shots arn't in focus at all but when i shoot they seem in focus.

MrMorrill wrote in post #7646350
but when i shoot they seem in focus.

How do you mean? Through the viewfinder?
In that case, you must have better eyes then me: I can't manual focus in situations like this

What you posted here seems okay sharpness wise, but that's hard to tell for sure on this size...
It's possible for the AF to pick just a different spot than what you intended (let's say: hair instead of eye) or for a bit of camera shake / motion blur to give a less sharp shot. And off course it's possible for a lens / camera to misfocus a bit.

Well, im not sure what settings to shoot my focusing on.

MrMorrill wrote in post #7651832
Well, im not sure what settings to shoot my focusing on.

Okay. You have officially lost me

Care to try explain in simple terms what you're trying to say / do?

I think that a little post-processing on these pictures might work wonders. Since you have Image Editing enabled, I have taken the liberty of giving it a try. This is obviously just with [I]I[/i would do, you are entirely free to say that you think what I've done is rubbish

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Real nice conversions Alan...