It was indeed a fun afternoon. The restaurant, Humble Beginnings, is very music-friendly, is fast becoming a new fave for the wife and I, and we've made some new musical friends there. They also display art on their walls and I've met with the owner so we'll see what results from that connection.
Thanks very much, Frank! On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:39 PM, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't choose a favourite, they're all good. Nice emotion! > > Looks like a fun afternoon. Tough lighting but you prevailed with some > lovely photos. > > Cheers, > frank > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:32 PM, 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. > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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. -- -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.
