Pics from the weekend

A few Pics from a busy Saturday night.





All pics are up in my gallery, comments are as always welcome
Hope you like.

Nice shot
What lens did you use for this pics?

Nice
Its always harder to get good photos on stage

Ray

Thanks people, I had my usual Sigma 28-200mm on for the night. I did get close and ended up in the Orchestra pit at one point (no orchestra! LOL)

Good job, I agree, those shots are sometimes pretty hard to get.

These are great shot considering the usual conditions to take them. Were you using a flash as well?

I took some with flash and some without, I think all 4 of these are flash, came back from the gig with 1014 shots (hmmmm) 35-50% worked so that itsn't bad, although I am not judging in the same way I would with a landscape. Concerts and gigs are always tricky. Its hard to get a good position with monitors mic stands and all the usual stuff you find on stage. The lighting can be horrible, but it can add so much to the feel of a shot that I always try to get a few without flash (or shoot 2 or 3 in a burst as the 2nd won't have full flash power and the 3rd non at all). I have a bit of a reputation now locally that allows me more freedom at local events, so I managed to wheedle my way into the orchestra pit and spent a lot of time stage front with my head in the PA system. This is the first time I have used the D2x with a full stage lighting and it handled itself well, a couple of issues with strongly backlit focussing but on the whole well impressed.
Thanks for the nice words.