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Musicians, the hardest job...
Here's a couple guys I've been recording lately. Come and C&C'em.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
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That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
http://judah.smugmug.com/
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"...turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural"
J.Cortazar
Did you use a setup besides ambient?
Looks like a slight sepia effect in there. I think pure b&w would look just as good if not better.
Also guy w/ headphones: His cheek is a bit too blown out. But you can still salvage that in raw ppe.
I happen to like all three. But I am a fan of serendipitous photos. I like when things go wrong (slight overexposure, offcentering, etc).
As for musicians being the hardest to photograph, I have to disagree. My best photos have come from the musicaly inclined
Hi SloYerRoll, no setup, just natural light. I was just sneaking my lens in the tracking room during a pause. I'm usally locked behind the mixer and don't have much time for shooting so there's absolutely no time to setup any additional light. Thanks for your suggestions.
J.
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
http://judah.smugmug.com/
Hi ccpickre, I was not saying musicians are the hardest subject. Just playin' with words.
J.
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
http://judah.smugmug.com/
Hi rundadar, thanks for your suggestions. In fact focal point on #2 is the facial hair. Couldn't have my camera to lock on the right eye. I noticed is very demanding for my camera (Nikon D50) to use lateral focus point in low light. These were shot at 1600ISO inside a recording studio (a very dim light location) and I always have to use the main focus point (central). Thanks again for your time.
J.
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
http://judah.smugmug.com/
Why not just focus manually? I know D50's vf is not great for that, but you'd have gotter better results anyways. It also speeds up composing the shot a lot (don't have to worry where your focus points fall)
Unless, of course, you wnated the facial hair to be the focal point (which IS a valid option if going for a 'mad' angle)
"...turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural"
J.Cortazar
You're just right on the spot Rundadar. I should have focused manually. The problem is that as you said the viewfinder is quite small and I don't trust my eyes that much. I can manually focus with no problem on my Olympus OM2n but with the D50 is really a hard job for me. Especially on dim light situation t would be amajor plus to focus manually. I'll surely give it a try. Regarding the facial hair, I sort of liked the results, even if the focus point was not a common one.
J.
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
http://judah.smugmug.com/
I like it because of its composition. But the face is not in focus. Try to have at least the eyes in focus. Or increase the DOF somewhat to have more in focus. But since you were shooting in low light (ISO1600), you probably needed a wide open aperture...
When I hear the earth will melt into the sun,
in two billion years,
all I can think is:
"Will that be on a Monday?"
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