Fuerza Bruta: Look up!

[gokey]

I went to the show on Sunday and I found it very hard to take photos in the dark (the flash wasn't allowed). I tried to use their lighting when it was on and I got some cool photos.

1. Do you think I used the right settings for the shot?
2. What do you think about the violet color? I find it dramatic and in the mood with the picture but still need your opinion about it.

Thanks


EXIF INFO
Camera make : Canon
Camera model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Date/Time : 2009:05:17 18:53:59
Resolution : 800 x 497
Flash used : No
Focal length : 55.0mm (35mm equivalent: 93mm)
CCD width : 21.40mm
Exposure time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO equiv. : 1600
Whitebalance : Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure : Manual

[gokey]

I guess something is really wrong with my pic(....hopefully one day I will figure it out)

Sorry for posting it

[Chip]

Some forums - like sports critique - don't get as much traffic as do other forums. So, sometimes it takes a while to get a comment on a photo. Unfortunate, but it happens.

I like your photo very much. It's surreal and different, and reminds me a bit of a Michaelangelo painting (for some reason).

Did you use the right settings? Don't know. On a unique shot like this, it's hard to say what's "right." If you achieved the look you were striving for, then you used the right settings.

For the violet, I like it too. But, it all being on the left makes the shot a bit unbalanced to me. Maybe try cloning in a bit of violet on the right side of the image?

Also, if you'd post the photo itself in your initial post (as opposed to a thumbnail), you might get more of a response. Thumbnails tend to be harder to see, and some people simply won't click on them.

Good work.

[ericw]

It seems very dark. As chip suggested, thumbnails really look terrible in my browser, I mean really terrible - it's hard for me to tell what's going on in any thumbnail.