Nedry @ Ginglik, 9th May 2009

Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8 | 1/50sec at f/3.2 | ISO 2200

Nedry is a fantastic band. Matt and Chris take you to some fantastic place between Air and Boards of Canada, and Ayu gently adds her mesmerizing voice.

They were playing at Ginglik, a great venue which is still fighting for its survival.

Scroll down to see the shooting notes.

Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8 | 1/50sec at f/2.8 | ISO 1600

Shooting notes:

It was probably the most challenging venue I’ve ever shooted in. It wasn’t just sombre, it was dark. The little fog machine didn’t help and was blurring the faces even more.

I was a bit too keen to try out my new 24-70 f/2.8, which made things even harder than if I had stuck to my good ol’ 50mm f/1.8. However, it was a good opportunity to push the D700 to its limits, ISO-wise. As you can see on the first shot, it performed well and the moderate amount of noise at 2200 ISO adds a nice ‘grainy’ feeling.

The main difficulty was getting something ‘out’ of the available light, which wasn’t much at all, and was mostly some kind of red’ish halo. This kind of mood is usual but normally you also get:

• A spot facing the artist directly -> expose for the face and darken the background.
• A spot behind the artist -> don’t fight the contre-jour and go for the silhouette shot

Here, none of the above, which made things tricky. This is where a flash can come in very handy, but the few tries I did were unsuccessful and I didn’t want to spend too much time fiddling with my settings while the band was playing.

Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8 | 1/30sec at f/2.8 | ISO 800

Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8 | 1/40sec at f/2.8 | ISO 2200

Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8 | 1/50sec at f/4 | ISO 3200

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