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Postby NJ on Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:21 pm

hey guys,
went and saw my mates band play in a battle of the bands competiton last weekend. i said that i would take pictures of the band for him. i think they turned out pretty well, well better than my first attempt at band photography anyway. i tried to make them look as interesting and action filled as possible.
let me know that you think, C&C more than welcome.

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daniel... times 2...
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Postby Yi-P on Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:34 pm

First one is pretty cool :D
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Postby NJ on Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:47 pm

thanks Yi-P, that's one of my fav's :)
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Postby wendellt on Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:52 pm

coolness, great job
did you use rear sync flash with a slow shutterspeed and
repeated flash on the last?
it livens the shots
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Postby NJ on Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:55 pm

haha absolutely spot on!
thanks, i had a play around at home in my room with just a red spot light on my guitar, as thats the worst lighting scenario, and played around with different settings until i got a good combination. i think it works well because you still get the light trails, but dont get a blurry image :)
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Postby avkomp on Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:19 pm

think the first one works the best.
conveys a good sense of movement

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Postby byrt_001 on Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:12 pm

great job

excellent

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Postby drifter on Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:29 pm

Three great shots Nathan . I love the effect in the last shot . Is that done by just hand holding a flash and firing off a couple of times with the long shutter speed ? ( I don't get the rear sync bit ? :oops: )
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Postby shakey on Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:45 pm

For me, the first one is best apart from the yucky green colour cast. Probably would look good in B&W?
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Postby Alex on Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:50 pm

Great series of shots there. The last one is my favourite.

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Postby DJXtreme on Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:58 pm

the first and the last shots are great. magnificent work in what were undoubtedly challenging light conditions.
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Postby Willy wombat on Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:28 am

Im very impressed. Good effects, your mates must be stoked.
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Postby NJ on Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:24 pm

thanks for all the encouraging comments there guys :D

drifter wrote:Is that done by just hand holding a flash and firing off a couple of times with the long shutter speed ? ( I don't get the rear sync bit ? :oops: )


nah i just used the camera's onboard flash set to rear on the lcd display, and with long exposures the flash goes off once at the start of the exposure and then repeats at the end of the end of the exposure. so in the time between being lit up by the flash he had changed positions giving the cool effect, mind you, the last shot was a one off fluke :)

shakey wrote:For me, the first one is best apart from the yucky green colour cast. Probably would look good in B&W?


i tried a couple out in black and white, but found that they didnt have quite the same impact. thanks for the input though, very much appraciated.

Willy wombat wrote:Im very impressed. Good effects, your mates must be stoked.


thanks WW, yeh they were very happy!

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Postby marcotrov on Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:07 pm

You have created a great sense of movement in all the images and your treatment has lent itself well to the creation of the appropriate mood for this type of subject, even the colour cast has added to the overall quality of the images. I really like the overall feel of #1 the best.
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Postby NJ on Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:33 pm

thanks marco, i think #1 is the winner here :)
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Postby mudder on Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:52 pm

Some really creative work here :) They have a sense of the mood and energy too, great stuff...
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Postby NJ on Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:26 pm

thanks andrew :)
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