I went to see George Benson last night and managed to take a bunch of shots (don't worry, I won't post ALL of them ). I posted one shot last night before bed (https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/2681-breezin.html). I used my K100D and my SMC-A 135mm f/2.8. Security was lax so I was able to get as close as I wanted.











You can see full sized images here: George Benson - a photoset on Flickr

[dudlew]

These are great! I would love to try out my cam in a concert situation.

The colours are great and these would look good as album art if he were to release a cd of this performance.

Was the focussing done manually or was the auto focus upto the task??

D

[rfortson]

These are great! I would love to try out my cam in a concert situation.

The colours are great and these would look good as album art if he were to release a cd of this performance.

Was the focussing done manually or was the auto focus upto the task??

D

Thanks D! I shot all of these with an older manual focus Pentax lens. For the most part, I got decent focus. I recently bought the Pentax magnifying eyepiece (1.2x magnification) and it's just enough to really help me get the focus.

I was surprised that almost all my shots came out overexposed, even though I was using spot metering. Fortunately I shoot raw only, so I was able to adjust them in post processing.

Thanks again for the compliments. I was really pleased with how these came out.

[clarenceclose]

There is something about the last one I find very appealing. How about a square crop using the left side of the photo? Make a good album cover of that one.

[rfortson]

There is something about the last one I find very appealing. How about a square crop using the left side of the photo? Make a good album cover of that one.

Good point. I'll try it out and repost it here later.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Prizmatic]

Hi!

The space of a composition is the most successful in last photo.


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[Alvin]

You got the audience, the stage lighting and George beautifully in the last one. I think that's what made it so appealing. It had all the elements of the concert and you can feel the excitement in the shot.

LOL - I bet we'll see a video clip from the cellphone in the front row in YouTube soon. I'm surprised they allowed flash photography from the front row too. Stofen in the spotlight

[Photochop]

Wow! Very impressive, you have your manual focus technique down pat! I really like #2, very sharp, great colour rendition and the composition is great. Good job

[vievetrick]

These are great shots. Very sharp. You capture the feel of the show and I appluad you.