I agree, tough lighting, but very well handled, Bruce. I've found that DA50-135 tends to blow out any bright areas. Quality lens with very high contrast tendency. Jack
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 6, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dropped into a little indie restaurant & cafe in Toronto's Junction > Saturday afternoon for some music and an early dinner. > > I haven't been shooting live music gigs much lately, but this place > challenged me. On my previous visit I could see that the musicians > played in some pretty difficult light: squeezed into a nook in the > front window with powerful north-facing backlight, a view onto parked > cars, a cluttered sidewalk and an intersection, and very low inside > tungsten light. I tried a smartphone shot and the results were > unusable, as you'd expect. > > So here's what I managed this time with this little jazz & blues duo, > Fraser Melvin and Indira Nanavati Cadena. Sitting at the closest table > to them along the wall, I over-exposed by a stop or so in Av mode and > blew out the ugly street view. > > K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, ISO 800. Some shots at f:2.8 (closeups), some at > f:5.6 & f:8 (the duo). A touch of adjustments in Lightroom, but > basically sooc for most. One portrait of Indira I retouched more > completely and one I did as b&w. > > https://flic.kr/s/aHsk9hgRwM > > Sorry, it's a Flickr gallery. This link might make you happier: > > http://flickriver.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157651335769077/ > > > Comments welcome! > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
