Of the very edge of what I think of as an acceptable shot, this one.
A picture of (half of) Evil Genius from last week’s gig. I quite like the way the contract in the lighting on the two of them has turned out, but I’d be lying if I said it was in any way planned. Once again, Charlie was denied the spotlight by the venue lighting, so I just made the best of it I could.
A shot of Jesse from Flipron from the Flipron/Evil Genius gig the other week. If you haven’t seen either band live, you really, really should.
I am slightly concerned about the “I can see up your nose” factor on this one, but not enough that I’m not moderately still happy with the shot, which I got by, yes, lying on the floor.
The second of that pair I mentioned the other day, and as might be obvious, it’s detail cropped from the first, and is a quite radically different photo, I think.
As I said the other day, I’d be interested to know which one people prefer. (I know which I prefer, but I don’t want to prejudice anyone’s answers by saying anything until I’ve heard from a few people.)
One of those rare shots that I just flat out like, and wouldn’t change anything about. Well, aside from the fact that this is actually a detail from a larger shot, but I took the shot knowing I’d be cropping it to this.
I’ve been give an early christmas present of a Nikon 50mm F1.8 AF D lens. Basically, it’s a lens that has a wide aperture, so is good for low light photography, but no zoom at all, and obviously, sometimes you just can’t move to frame the exact shot you want.
So instead, I took something else, and pulled the shot I actually wanted out of the detail.
A light fitting at a pub near my office. One of a very small number of photos where I’ve removed a detail – a little green light on the ceiling that there was no way for me to shoot around. I like the rich reds, and the heavy shadows here, paired with the ascending lights – it speaks to my appreciation of what you might call the virtues of decadence.
In case anyone’s interested, I spent a bit of time the other day making use of the new and improved UK maps, and you can now check out where I took almost all my photos (except for a very small number that I can’t find the location for on the maps) here:
One from what was a really rather messy night out. (I don’t actually remeber taking this one, but it’s bracketed by two that I do remember taking on the camera’s memory card, so I assume that it was me that took it, and not the camera faeries.)
On the bright side, I also assume that Doug here was as drunk as I was, given that he doesn’t smoke.
I know that I’m getting a new lens for christmas, one that will do rather better in poor lighting. This is a blessing, because I should be able to try shots like this at ISO settings below 1600, and thus produce them in colour, without having to fight a constant battle between noise and camera shake.
