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Challenge: Live Music (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Taos, New Mexico
Date: Aug 10, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Performance, Candid
Date Uploaded: Aug 11, 2005

 Editing: Crop, levels, Noise Removal, resize, unsharp mask, sharpen edges, save for web.

Taken in Taos at Eske's - which is a bar/brewery/restaurant. Our son lives in Taos took us to Eske's as he knew they were going to have a band and I wanted to take a Live Music picture. This band was mostly tribal drums but this man played the sax, too. It was very loud and you could feel the beat of the drums in your chest. The lighting was really bad - the band was outside at night and they just had one small yellow and one small red light. I used ISO 1600 - first time I've used it.

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Place: 117 out of 210
Avg (all users): 5.0220
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
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Nikon D100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 08/22/2005 06:00:28 PM
IMHO light balance should have been adjusted so the scene wasn't so yellow.red. 7
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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/22/2005 04:59:22 AM
I like it, Don't you wish that hot spot on the bongo wasn't there.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/21/2005 09:52:47 AM
way too dark
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
 08/19/2005 06:41:22 PM
Intersting, I like the red lighting. Good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-V3
 08/18/2005 01:08:04 PM
Very nice picture, I like it. Very nice colour. :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus C-770UZ
 08/18/2005 10:16:59 AM
Too dark. Almost can't make out the sax.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 35-80mm f/4-5.6 for Nikon
 08/18/2005 12:58:04 AM
A little to undefined but great idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 10:22:02 PM
7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 08/17/2005 11:20:06 AM
Real dark...nice shadowing but loses distinguishment
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/17/2005 09:27:35 AM
Very nice atmosphere, I really wish there was a little more shadow detail though. I'd also like the silhouette to be clearer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II/III USM
 08/17/2005 07:46:33 AM
My eye is drawn more to the blurry people in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
08/17/2005 03:03:11 AM
way to dark and grainy
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