Concert Photos, Something Different

[tufcat]

I took these photos at a Trace Adkins concert earlier this year. I'm not a huge country music fan, but this guy is good. Go see him if you get the chance.

I put this collage together and printed a couple 13"X19" prints for some fans I know. They really seemed to like the prints, so I thought I'd throw it in here for a little feed back from my (fellow) photographer friends. It's quite a bit different than most of the photographs we talk about here. I thought it would be interesting to see what you folks had to say.

I took all of the pictures with my D50 and Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 lens. I created the collage in Photoshop Elements.


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[xxpinballxx]

Really neat idea! I think it looks good except forthe couple of spots where it has the "Glow" around the people. must have been earlier in the day and more lighting or something when you took those particular pictures.
I think the shot of trace is a really great shot! The timing couldn't have been more perfect.
I'm sure alot of fans would like something like this of their favorite artists....you may be on to something!

[terryjoey]

Looks great, Put a water mark on it and send it to someone in charge of his marketing and you may have a money maker here.

[clockdoc]

Nice job on the collage! Great color, sharpness and composition. If I had to pick on one thing it would be to have the element in the upper left hand corner facing inward as is the image in the lower left corner. If it wasn't for the writing on the instrument, you could just flip the image from left to right. But please don't let this litttle 'nit-pick' take away from the great job you did here. I hope you can sell it to his agents.

[tufcat]

Originally Posted by terryjoey

Looks great, Put a water mark on it and send it to someone in charge of his marketing and you may have a money maker here.

terryjoey, thank you for your kind words. I put the watermark on as per your recommendation, but I won't start spending the money just yet. Thanx again for your comment and suggestion.

xxpinballxx, thanx for your review and comments. I probably could have done a better job with the "halo" effect, but my Photoshop skills are still being honed. The effect is a result of my limited Photoshop prowess and being just a little bit lazy. Good comment.

clockdoc, good observation, the photo in the top left really isn't the right picture for that location in the collage. I went ahead and used it for a several reasons. [1] I (really) like the shot. [2] I needed a narrow vertical shot for that area of the collage. [3] The keyboard player spent most of the concert positioned behind the "stage left" speaker bank (from my vantage point). My mobility was limited and I struggled most of the show, trying to get his picture. That is the only good shot (of him) that I came away with. Good observation. Thanx for your review and comments.