Tan these are fantastic. From your story you did an amazing job because most of them look pretty sharp. I actually like some of the colour versions better because of the coloured smoke etc. Artistic views aside I am guessing that at higher magnification the noise is less objectionable in B&W though - this is what I find. This is where DSLRs really shine - ISO1600 is totally usable.
I think you could have a whole new sideline to your career here! > -----Original Message----- > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 March 2004 22:17 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Fairygirl's first attempt at concert pix... > > > > So I went to a concert last night with singer Shannon Noll > (was runner up on Australian Idol). BIIIIIIIIIG news in our > sleep little country hicksville. Over 5000 people attended > the concert, that is like double the population of my entire town! > > Anyways, had some fun trying my hand at concert pix. Was > extremely difficult though as all were handheld and I was in > the middle of the mosh pit, so you can imagine the problems I faced! > > And they kept spraying the damn crowd with water (it was > BLOODY hot in that there pit!), but I spent half the night > trying to protect my camera from the fire hose! > > Anyways, all shots taken on the *ist D with Tamron 28-200mm > f4-5.6 Asph lens at between 135mm and 200mm. All handheld at > f5.6 and usually around 1/8 and sometimes up to 1/20 if I was > lucky. All shot with NR on at ISO 1600. > > Actually, come to think of it, I reckon I did pretty well to > get even a few in focus with those settings. My arm muscles > must be building up! > > Word of advice - never try to take sharp pics in a mosh pit > with a long zoom lens. It ain't pretty lemme tell you! > There will be quite a few drunken concert goers with bumps on > their drunken heads today as a result of them jumping into my > camera (I know, I know, it is a public liability nightmare, > but I figure they were mostly too drunk to remember and > besides, it WAS a mosh pit - most people EXPECT to get bashed > on the head with something! lol)... Anyways, boy did my > reflexes get good last night as I tried to shoot quickly > between crowd crushes! > > Here's a few of the better shots, the black blurry bits in > the foreground of some shots are people's heads! It does pay > to be that bit taller at times. I had some poor lady who was > like 4ft standing next to me and whinging all night about how > she was shorter than most of the 12 year olds there and could > see less than them cause she didn't have the energy to be > jumping around like a maniac to see over the heads...! lol. > > These two are my favourites: > http://www.tanyamayer.com/shannonnoll/pages/ShannonNoll11.html http://www.tanyamayer.com/shannonnoll/pages/ShannonNoll09.html And here are the rest of them.... http://www.tanyamayer.com/shannonnoll/index.html tan.
