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Jalometalli day 2

published by Tsukasa on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 9:17am

Recently I was postinc some pics from Jalometalli fest and here is some more :)


Twilightning


Sacred Crucifix


Holy Moses


Kreator


Candlemass

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Comment & Critique - Live, Backstage, Promo, etc

Submitted by karinne on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 9:33am.

The last one is very cool! Nice catch!

Submitted by Kalle Björklid on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 10:09am.

I like the first most, although the composition is a bit awkward. Not much though. There also seems to be almost more emphasis on his hand than face since the part of the picture area where the hand is is emphasized by the lights in the bacground. Good emotion and moment.

2, 4 & 5 might be a bit too much up the nose. For instance, in five I personally have a problem with so much chin and cheeck showing while the eye(s) are relatively hidden. I get these types of pictures a lot too (but filter them out). Five's still nice, though, and two's not bad either. Good atmosphere and a nice moment in both.

The Holy Moses pic is the most problematic for me, though. It is subjective, but "random" elements ruin pictures for me. The guy's head, the back of a jacket in the left side and the guy to the right who's not actually participating that much seem like elements that should'nt be in the picture. I'd consider re-cropping the picture so that all of the aforementioned elements are left out - barely. Maybe from the top also to balance the composition. For me, that would improve the shot a great deal.

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Submitted by Tsukasa on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 6:00am.

Thank you for valuable comments, Kalle! Indeed, I should have less noses in my shots :) Holy Moses image was taken from random location, so it was impossible to avoid hats and such. I also was thinking of cropping it, even tried some. So I'll keep in mind all what you said.

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Submitted by Rene Damkot on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 6:09pm.

Agree with most of Kalles comments, but I think the 'up the nose' in #2 and 4 is mainly because of the stance of the person (head in the neck)

Nice fill flash in #2, but a bit blueish I think.

On #1, I'd crop off the bit of lamp in the top left, and I think there is a slight greenish cast on the face/hair I don't like too much. Darken the arm / lighten the face a bit.

Might be an idea to get a 'Editing Images Okay' tag like on POTN: I can post a crop of #3 that works better IMO ;)

Submitted by Tsukasa on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 5:22am.

I can post a crop of #3 that works better IMO
Feel free :)

Askar Ibragimov - middeneaht.deviantart.com

Submitted by DwightMcCann on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 9:19pm.

Well, I'd much prefer to have several images from each band ... one image just doesn't give much room for the flavor and these people work hard to do what they do and it is respectful to convey the "vibe" of it. In general these all seem pretty contrasty and moody and arty ... is this what the groups are about? I don't know them so this is an honest question. The Holy Moses with the Jack Daniels bottle seems somewhat contrived (not by you, by them) ... in my usual venue it would not be allowed because of local regulations but it also seems to be totally unnecessary. All that aside, these are interesting images and that's what counts.

Dwight McCann

Submitted by Rene Damkot on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 10:22am.

The server I use is down ATM, I'll post once it's back up...

Submitted by Tsukasa on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 3:47pm.

DwightMcCann: the choose of a few pics only is intentional. There was a huge festival with 30 bands so if I start post everything I got there will be loads of images. Since we're talking about bringing up top-level skills in music photography, I restrict myself to the most special pictures. Of course there are more images at http://tsukasa.zenfolio.com -> concert photos -> jalometalli.

Regarding Holy Moses - nobody knows whether it was a real whisky ;) just their famous song being sang is called "To drunk to fuck" :)

Askar Ibragimov - middeneaht.deviantart.com

Submitted by DwightMcCann on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 3:53pm.

Askar Ibragimov wrote:
DwightMcCann: the choose of a few pics only is intentional. There was a huge festival with 30 bands so if I start post everything I got there will be loads of images. Since we're talking about bringing up top-level skills in music photography, I restrict myself to the most special pictures. Of course there are more images at http://tsukasa.zenfolio.com -> concert photos -> jalometalli.

Regarding Holy Moses - nobody knows whether it was a real whisky ;) just their famous song being sang is called "To drunk to fuck" :)

Well, I still like more pictures and I don't have any moral issues with the liquor. Unfortunately, in my younger days (I am 62) I was, once or twice, precisely too drunk to fuck and missed some wonderful opportunities, sigh. I have tried to make for it ever since. ;)

Dwight McCann

Submitted by Rene Damkot on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 2:55am.

Server's working again ;)

Askar Ibragimov wrote:
just their famous song being sang is called "To drunk to fuck" :)

Cover of the Dead Kennedy's I presume ;)

Submitted by DwightMcCann on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 9:46am.

René Damkot wrote:
Server's working again ;)

Askar Ibragimov wrote:
just their famous song being sang is called "To drunk to fuck" :)

Cover of the Dead Kennedy's I presume ;)

That's a lot of hair!

Dwight McCann