Mark Knopfler concert in Melborne last night

[Alex]

Well last night was absolutely great. My wife and I went to Mark Knopfler concert and we loved it. I started off with the kit 18-70 lens and ISO1600. Looking that shutter speeds were very decent, I decided to give it ago with 70-300G and it worked alright, until a security guy approached me and told me they do not allow lenses with more than 200 mm!!! I was a bit pissed off with that but rules are rules. I was more suprised that the security knew what lens it was. Anyway, I should consider myself lucky that I could take a couple of shots with the 300mm lens before I got spoted. All in all I took 170 photos in RAW (filled up 1 GB card completely). Went through some this morning and ended up with 100 of worth-another-look images.

Here is one I quickly processed.

I've done some PP on this, namely:

Slight exp. comepnsation and mid tone adjustment in NC, saved as 16 bit TIFF
Noise ninja by shifting Lum slider to 15
USM: Strength 65, Radius: 4, Threshhold: 3
Saved as JPG

(I dont have much experience with PP, so any help will be appreciated).

http://agitlits.m6.net/NikonD70/Web2005 ... 019big.jpg

(not sure how to attach photos in this forum)

Of course this photo is very ordinary, but I am only starting out in photography, so any feedback is welcome.

Some Exif data:


Lens: 70-300 G
Focal length: 300 mm
RAW 12 Bit
WB: shade
Metering mode: spot
White wedding curve
Hue adjustment: -3
Exposure time: 1/125s
Aperture priority
Aperture: 7.1

Thanks

Alex

[birddog114]

Yeah! if you have the 70-200VR then no ones can stop you
Is it with onboard flash?

[Alex]

HI Birddog,

Thanks for viewing. No flash was used. The stage lighting was quite good and I was too far to use flash anyway.

Cheers
Alex

[sirhc55]

Alex - considering the odds against you that shot of Mark is very good - look forward to seeing more

[Alex]

Thanks for the nice comments, Chris.

I'll try to post some more photos once I find time to do some PP on my slow computer

Cheers
Alex

[Killakoala]

Yeah, that's quite good considering the conditions you were shooting under. i was half expecting to see a blurry, grainy small dot in the middle of the screen, but you have managed to get something far better.

Well done and i certainly look forward to seeng some more.

[Alex]

Thanks for the nice comment, Steve.

I'll try to PP some more in the next few days.

Cheers
Alex

[stubbsy]

Alex

Great shot given the circumstances.

See this thread for info on embedding images in posts

[Alex]

Cheers Peter,

I'll give it a try next time.

Alex

[Glen]

Alex, that is a good shot under the circumstances. Mark looks nothing like he did 15 or 20 years ago when I saw him at the entertainment centre, but then I probably don't look like I did watching him

[Alex]

Thanks, Glen.

Yes, he does look much older these days, first time I saw him wear glasses.

Cheers
Alex

[BBJ]

Well done Alex, you got pics is the main thing and some keepers which is good. Makes it all worth while.
Cheers

[marcus]

Alex,

Bet he can still play guitar ....glasses or no glasses! Thats the main thing.

[Alex]

Spent all night last night in front of the computer PPing the pics from the concert. Here is the link to my gallery. Don't forget to go to page 2 at the bottom.


http://agitlits.m6.net/NikonD70/mk1.htm

Thanks

Alex

[sheepie]

I'm impressed

...mostly impressed that u took your camera in - I have always been more concerned that they're gonna say no to a camera like ours full stop - then what do you do with it?

Perhaps the 200mm thing isn't so bad afterall?

[Alex]

I went to Rolling Stones show in 2003 and the ticket said "Strictly no cameras allowed". This time ticket said nothing so I decided to take a risk and it was ok. I arrived deliberately early to be able to take it back to the car if it wouldn't be allowed in. They asked me whether it was a video cam or a still camera, once I said "still", they had no problem. Initially a security guard asked me to show it to him and he expressed his concern whether the 18-70 lens would be allowed. No one said anything since, except when I tried using my 70-300 and got asked to put the lens away.

Cheers
Alex