Bar Band with the D800 C+C

[Ballistics]

I could have really made use of a 24-70mm I think.

 

[Granddad]

As someone who shoots live dance in crappy coloured lighting a lot, I'd call these good and give you a :thumbup:. OK, so composition could be better but for a first and in cramped conditions you done good. Nice and sharp on the target. If you enjoy it keep plugging away and you'll find what works and what doesn't. I favour LR's luminosity slider, too, although I understand that there's some good dedicated software for noise reduction available.

(I'm on a D700)

 

[Mach0]

I could have really made use of a 24-70mm I think.

Could have. I didn't look through all of your pics but the farthest I saw was 113 mm I think. The rest were around 70-85.

 

[Ballistics]

As someone who shoots live dance in crappy coloured lighting a lot, I'd call these good and give you a :thumbup:. OK, so composition could be better but for a first and in cramped conditions you done good. Nice and sharp on the target. If you enjoy it keep plugging away and you'll find what works and what doesn't. I favour LR's luminosity slider, too, although I understand that there's some good dedicated software for noise reduction available.

(I'm on a D700)

Thanks Granddad

Yeah, I do like it, and I'm looking forward to shooting again tonight.

 

[LouR]

Are the B &W's out of camera or converted? I've found shooting a band in a bar with only B &W not only sets a mood, but the results are tack sharp (maybe because there's not as much color data processing to the medium? no idea). This is a pretty good set; I know it's hard capturing facial expressions (love how guitarists get into it) along with their fast action. Normally I would say they're too tight, but I think shooting a rock band in action should have some "in your face" shots. You can also take close ups of the hands as they play-there's a lot you can do that doesn't have to follow rules.

 

[Mully]

I know, I was kidding tyler... again... relax

Oh, my apologies. I wasn't aware that telling a member to "relax" was how you thanked them for their time they took to C&C a photo. My mistake.

Haha oh god tyler... you're starting to sound like the members that you complained about when you first left. Take the stick out of your ass.

Oh and thanks for the C+C

After they finish abusing you here you should be well armed for tonights shoot... good luck with that!

 

[cgipson1]

Nice set! Im not sure what program you are using for editing, but between LR 4 and cs6 I have found that LR 4's noise reduction does a much better job than photoshops'. And in terms of editing in number 4, you seem to have pushed the saturation slightly too much, because your red channel is clipping, especially on the drummers face, hair and symbol.

I didn't touch the vibrancy or saturation in any of these. #4 is SOOC.

Edit: I'm using photoshop. I'm going to have to look into lightroom because photoshop makes the image so soft. Thanks

check this out... Noiseware (free trial) Imagenomic - Best Plugins for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Apple Aperture

 

[Ballistics]

Nice set! Im not sure what program you are using for editing, but between LR 4 and cs6 I have found that LR 4's noise reduction does a much better job than photoshops'. And in terms of editing in number 4, you seem to have pushed the saturation slightly too much, because your red channel is clipping, especially on the drummers face, hair and symbol.

I didn't touch the vibrancy or saturation in any of these. #4 is SOOC.

Edit: I'm using photoshop. I'm going to have to look into lightroom because photoshop makes the image so soft. Thanks

check this out... Noiseware (free trial) Imagenomic - Best Plugins for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Apple Aperture

I'll check that out... Thank you.

 

[Ballistics]

I could have really made use of a 24-70mm I think.

Could have. I didn't look through all of your pics but the farthest I saw was 113 mm I think. The rest were around 70-85.

Yeah, I would have probably made better use of the 45-60 range I think.

 

[Mach0]

Yeah, I would have probably made better use of the 45-60 range I think.

Might have had fun with a 50 or 35 prime. Give it a shot next time.

 

[DarkShadow]

I can only imagine,the meter most of been going nuts. I like colors in #4 and I really like the black and white.

 

[Ballistics]

I can only imagine,the meter most of been going nuts. I like colors in #4 and I really like the black and white.

That's what made it tough, the meter was useless. Don't even get me started on WB

 

[DarkShadow]

I am stlll trying to get picture's correct with natural light never mind what you did, buy time i was done it would have looked like I took pictures with a disposable camera.

 

[Derrel]

Class oozes from this thread. I really do not think shots 1 or 2 are too tightly-framed. In #3, yes, his lower hand is cropped BUT his eyes are leading 100% directly to his finger work on the frets....I mean...That is the crux of the shot...the bottom hand doesn't even need to be there, and in fact the missing hand "works", and works quite well. His arm shows and frames the shot, then the very strong diagonal of the strings leads right up to the line of gaze, and the facial expression. Who give a chit if the hand is "chopped"...does not NEED the lower hand in this case.

I do agree with your self-analysis that these are kind of tending to allowing the main subject to ride a wee bit too low in the frame...too much top space + riding low in the frame makes an image feel poorly composed. The two B&W shots have that problem. Overall, the camera shoots great in stage lighting....plenty of detail, good color, sharp! The drummer is a good example of fantastic stage lighting, but it's not a really great shot, but the "look" we get at the sticks and his handling of them is not really optimal...still, the drum kit is lighted beautifully, and shows up great. the D800 is streets ahead of old-school digital cameras when shot under crap light levels, for sure. Amazing High ISO performance.