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Enter Sandman
Enter Sandman
jmsetzler


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Music (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Hickory, North Carolina
Date: Oct 29, 2004
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: ISO 1600
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Performance, Candid
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2004

 ABOUT THE PHOTO:

I love photographing live music performances. I find it a challenge because of the poor light and crowds of people. Tonight, I went to a local restaurant/bar called "Iron Thunder Saloon". This is a 'biker' bar and they have bands on Saturday night. The Halloween weekend brought a band in the proper spirit of things. The band is "Hamor Down" and they play relatively hard rock music. Everyone in the band was in Halloween garb and they had the stage decorated like a cemetery complete with trees and dead leaves on the ground. The bass player was wide open. He had the most incredible costume so I spent a good bit of time photographing him. I was also able to get close to him because I got permission to shoot from the DJ booth just off the side of the stage. I think I was less than 10 feet from this guy.

THE TITLE:

“Enter Sandman”

This is the song title of a Metallica tune from the Black album. For anyone who may not be familiar with Metallica, they are a hard rock band with a lot of 'minor' key music that has a bit of a macabre sound and theme.

POST PROCESSING:

* Adjusted levels on the original image

* Cloned out and painted over some background noise...

* Blacked out the eye sockets in the mask. Some irritating stuff was showing through :)

* Applied the Unsharp Mask to the full sized image

* Resized and added the border

THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE TO IMPROVE THIS PHOTO:

I don’t think I could have improved this particular photo much at all. I would really like to have had some hands visible in the shot. I shot about 50 images of this guy and tossed out about 45 of them because they were blurry due to poor light. Within the given conditions, I believe this photo is as good as it can be.

ANTICIPATED NEGATIVE COMMENTS:

I'm not sure what sort of negative comments I will receive on this photo. I may get some comments about not seeing any 'hands' on the guitar, which is reasonable. Showing the hands of a performing musician is relatively important in most cases.

ESTIMATED SCORE:

6.31

I’m estimating a higher than average score on this image, but not exceptionally high. I think a live performance photo will do well in this challenge for various reasons. I think the Halloween theme will also add some impact to this image.

LENS:

Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L @ 70mm

EXIF:

File: CRW_2232.CRW
File size: 6,551KB
Image Serial Number: 222-2232
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 1020300016
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.0.1
Owner: John M. Setzler, Jr.
Date/Time: 2004:10:30 22:33:32
Shutter speed: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 2.8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 1600
Lens: 24 to 70mm
Focal length: 70mm
Subject distance: 2.46 m
AF mode: One-shot AF
Focus point: [- - O - -]
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Shutter release w/o CF card: Not possible
CFn 6: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop
CFn 7: AF point registration: all

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 124
Avg (all users): 5.7293
Avg (commenters): 7.3000
Avg (participants): 5.7027
Avg (non-participants): 5.7477
Views since voting: 1550
Views during voting: 285
Votes: 181
Comments: 12
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/08/2004 08:40:11 PM
I gave this a 7. When I first saw it, it gave me the heebee jeebies and was going to click 3, then I looked at it some more and it kinda grew on me while at the same time making my skin crawl...I'm not making any sense am I? LOL
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/07/2004 08:22:06 PM
returning for comments.
Will not hang around for this entertainment. Cool capture. Bumping up.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 11/04/2004 10:45:23 AM
Good image.. heck of a skin condition!
Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/02/2004 06:27:24 PM
Is this Keith Richards?
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/02/2004 02:11:08 PM
Creepy! I like it!
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 11/02/2004 10:36:51 AM
What is this - Lemmy in concert 2023? Love it! :-)
Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital
 11/02/2004 06:48:20 AM
THATS a scary mother*****, would not want to meet him in a dark alley. Great shot, great lighting, one of my favorites.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 11/02/2004 04:52:50 AM
a rally good shot I can hear the heavy meatal in my head I would rate this 7
Canon EOS Rebel SL1
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 11/02/2004 01:59:26 AM
Dude! Woah! Thats awesome but wicked!
Fujifilm FinePix S3000
 11/01/2004 02:27:34 PM
Didn't know Jimi was on a comeback tour.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 11/01/2004 12:16:36 PM
creepy.
11/01/2004 09:07:13 AM
I love it.10
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