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12-DEC-2003 Chris_S

Duran Duran 1 by Chris_S *

Sydney Australia

Duran Duran was back in Sydney for their first concert in twenty years. I was fortunate to be right next to the stage when I took the photo of Simon Le Bon. I shot in manual mode with no flash.

Sony DSC-F717
1/80s f/2.4 at 41.9mm iso400 full exif

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Sony Forums Challenges15-Dec-2003 06:30
Chris_S, thanks for explaining some of the realities & circumstances involved in capturing close, live concert shots. Many may have never even tried this kind of shot, myself included :) It makes me appreciate the quality of your photos even more... & now I'll be more well-informed whenever I try doing it. MFC
Sony Forums Challenges15-Dec-2003 03:39
The concert was awesome and great to see one of my favourite bands from the 80's. Conditions were tough for taking photos. To get natural looking photos I used no flash, I instead relied on the stage lights and the fast F2 Carl Zeis lens. As I was standing near the front it was difficult to achieve sharp in focus pictures as the excited crowd (including me) was constantly jumping up and down.

I used the opening act to take a few test photos and settled on shooting in manual 1/80s f/2-2.4 iso400 usually at the full optical telephoto end. Spot metering off faces was too difficult to achieve in these conditions so I used centre weighted Metering Mode and White Balance set to incandescent.

The images were cleaned up using Neatimage, which I then did a 80/20% blend in Photoshop with the original image.

Thanks for your comments.
Chris_S
Sony Forums Challenges15-Dec-2003 00:17
Nice stage lighting and contrast here, Chris_S...& nice capture of a live moment. Great that you had a stage-side photo opportunity. Did you enjoy the concert? Nice shot. MFC
Sony Forums Challenges15-Dec-2003 00:17
(*) I'd just enjoy exploring more opportunities/comps if it's possible. Nice shot. How did you stabilize your camera? MFC
Katherine Stanback's Photos14-Dec-2003 14:39
Great stage photo! Great exposure, and no noise for ISO 400.