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One of my friends (drummer) invited me to go on stage with them in the middle of a concert... I took my camera and here I copy a few, I wanted to share with you all...









Cheers

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Carlos - Caracas Venezuela
EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD/50mm f1.8II
my flickr

Hi Camut,

Great photos. I suppose you used the 50mm . I tried to shoot at the concert but it was to dark, and I only had 3.5-5.6 lenses . It's frustrating.

Congrats once again for your photos.

Cheers,
HNV

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"Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler." Albert Einstein

Those are great shots Camut!!

Colors, clarity, composition - all sweet!! Nicely done Senor! Tell the drummer-dude that he looks like he is in a Blueman concert on that picture..lol.

Cheers

Thanks for the comments guys!

Well, in fact I used the 50mm mostly between f2-2.2. The problem was using a fixed lens and moving around without being noticed.

I also used manual exposure @ ISO 1600 so I could use high speed to capture action (sometimes was very tough to measure light). Once again, I cannot complain about noise @ ISO1600.
I guess that using a 70-200mm f2.8 would have been more practical, but I have to save a lot to buy one

I regret not having a decent wide angle to show the stage, it was really cool.

If you want to check the other shots you're most invited to visit my flickr.

Cheers

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Carlos - Caracas Venezuela
EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD/50mm f1.8II
my flickr

I've been lucky enough to have access to one to shoot a few small concerts and open mics and you would not believe how much more convenient it is. That said, shooting with a fast prime is also great because it forces you to really get creative with your composition (as you clearly did). Had you been shooting with a fast zoom, you probably wouldn't have come home with so many killer shots to show us!

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5D mk II | 50mm 1.4 | 28mm 1.8
My Flickr

So I checked your flickr site, many great pics indeed, but there are a few not even worth mentioning, get them out, it ruins the whole thing.

Keep up the good work!!!
but don't just put anything on the net.

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Nikon D80, Nikon F60
18-55, 55-200 VR, 50mm 2.0, 35-135mm 3.4-4.5
www.flickr.com/photos/palieter

you're quite sincere!

Well, I accept what you're saying, but the ugly photos have a reason to be there. If you check them all, you can see some evolution on my work. Sometimes I go back and see what I did few months ago, just to remember not to make the same mistakes. Flickr is also a depository not of a pro work, but my student work, so there is no way everything is perfect.

In the other hand, I'm about to publish my own web page. You can bet I'll put the best I got in there. My goal is to go pro sometime in the future (close) and I just began shooting my portfolio. Nothing is on Flickr yet, but definitely I could take some photos from there.

Anyways, thanks for your words. It makes me realize that I have to work harder

Cheers

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Carlos - Caracas Venezuela
EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD/50mm f1.8II
my flickr

Hey, I dump anything and everything on the net.

its a great place to do it, arguably the best!

I feel that if its half decent, upload it, if its totally blurred, out of focus, etc. then maybe not.

The best stuff isn't for a computer screen, thats why you get stuff printed; costs nothing to display it on my computer screen, printing costs money.

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Canon EOS 5DmkII + BG-E6 + Canon EOS 40D + BG-E2N + Canon EOS 33
Canon 17-40 F/4L USM + Canon 24-70 F/2.8L USM + Canon 28mm F/1.8 USM + Canon 70-200 F/2.8L USM IS + Canon 85mm F/1.8 USM
Canon Speedlite 580EX II + Canon Speedlite 540EZ + 2 x Nikon SB-80DX
Cactus V2s Wireless Trigger - 5 x Cactus V2s Wireless Reciever

MY FLICKR!

I can tell you that I use Flickr to share with my classmates, teachers and friends. I agree with you that if it is half decent should be on the net, just to share with someone else. Maybe is not there to win a contest, but to show the good and bad things of your work and from there, make corrections.

In the end, I know I have some "not good" photos but I hope to get better.

Constructive comments will always be received with open arms.

For Palieter, you are invited to go back to my Flickr and make your constructive comments on the photos you consider not worthy of mentioning.

Cheers

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Carlos - Caracas Venezuela
EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD/50mm f1.8II
my flickr

No that's ok,

the problem, my problem is I look at a lot of sites to see wath other photo... lovers are doing and how they do it.
But if you put anything one, it takes away a lot of the time I have.
But the ones you put in your post are just superbe by me (y)

Palieter

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Nikon D80, Nikon F60
18-55, 55-200 VR, 50mm 2.0, 35-135mm 3.4-4.5
www.flickr.com/photos/palieter