Week 14: Monday April 5th, 2010

So we have had some absolutely beautiful weather this past week, and that, combined with a 4 day weekend, has resulted in the current delay in blog updates.

So I was downtown this past Saturday to see Capital Grass and the No Men perform (link here - listen to Golden Rules Bent - absolutely phenomenal tune!) and took some shots of them, as well as some more around downtown. In all my years on this Earth, I have never in my life heard the electric mandolin. Now I have. And its close cousin, the electric banjo.

One particular problem I faced was when you have a very bright foreground and dark background (or vice versa). As a result, you either end up with very washed out focal objects, or very dark backgrounds, neither of which are what you want. However, occasionally you can end up with some stunning shots.

From Project 52

Technical info: Canon XSi with 50 mm @ f/2.6, 1/100s, ISO 200. White balancing and creative filters applied in Adobe LightRoom.