Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by citymars:
Nice, "real life" shot, cool venue, and not too much PP at all! You really rescued a dark photo by judicious lightening/brightening. Good to be sharing another side challenge.

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by Ken:
Great job on the processing and certainly holding the camera steady for 1/15. As soon as I opened this I thought I saw a bit of Fractalius, and you used just the right amount here.

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by Melethia:
Alicia, I love your little explanation... "it's what I do"... too funny! And very "you". Really cool what you pulled from this, particularly the detail in the wall!

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by TCGuru:
You did a great job of lightening this without loosing details. I enjoyed especially trying to read the writing on the wall. Wait, isn't that a song lyric? LOL Hmmmm, oh well. I'll bet this guy was amazing! Being a flautist myself, I can't imagine moving around like that while playing :)

Message edited by author 2008-06-01 22:46:15.

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by tjbel05:
Wow, what an amazing shot.

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by UNTITLED:
I say process away...if it's hardly noticable when you're finished you've done well...and by hardly noticable I simply mean that it doesn't take away from the context of the pic. Nice work!

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by roz:
brilliant shot alicia .. love the original with the darkness and the tones .. your processing is excellent .. i would'v been tempted to retain that beautiful orange colour and just lighten the man .. just my opinion tho .. :)

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by figaro:
Wow, you've really captured the energy and concentration in this shot, well done. Did you use AF on this? I ask because my autofocus was a pain in low-light when I used the 50mm with my old 350D. I don't know if the focus is locked on the back wall but he could be sharper - you probably could have got away with boosting the ISO on this.

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by icu1965:
I really like how the musician is so into what he's doing. You caught a great moment!

Irish Counties
by Alicia

Comment by JMart:

Originally posted by undieyatch: Your images are always interesting, (and take this with a grain of salt) - not only does post cropping your image destroy any semblance of the nature of your lens.... it is unequivocally a sin in any capacity, (except in camera, also slight rotation/straighten is ok). As you can tell I like the no crop suggestion.

I don't think the "unsinful" ratio of all photography should be dictated by camera sensor manufacturers, so I would not only take that with a grain of salt, I'd call BS.

I like the way you framed this shot with the background. The angle of the flute against the verticle lines of his body & the mic along with the background make for a nice composition. Being indoors I'm curious what settings you were working with.

ETA: thanks for adding the settings. I'm surprised there's not more motion blur at that speed with the way musicians move.

Message edited by author 2008-06-01 15:22:40.