“Just move to the front of the stage. Just a little closer. Come in for the real deal.”
Do you ever find yourself making these silent requests of musicians? Well I don’t know if Chris DeMakes of Less Than Jake has ESP or not, but he was happy to accommodate with plenty of stage-front action.
Tech Notes:
This shot was made with the Nikon D3 at ISO 6400, which was then pushed 1-stop in Capture NX for an effective speed of ISO 12,800. I used the Nikon 14-24mm at 14mm, with a shutter speed of 1/100 at f/2.8.
Opening up the RAW file in NX, I did something one wouldn’t normally want to do with a high ISO File, which is to turn noise reduction off.
In Photoshop, I used Noise Ninja to apply chroma noise reduction, but no sharpening and no luminance noise reduction. Due to this processing, the image has a bit of grit, but nothing that wouldn’t still print nicely.
Stay tuned for the full set from Less Than Jake.
8 Comments Add your own
1. Celso | July 9th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I don’t like to talk about the gear, but there is a shot for which you can thank your D3! And of course your post processing skills
2. Todd | July 9th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Regarding technical image quality, the D2x at ISO 12,800 would not have been a pretty sight.
3. Less Than Jake | Nikon Tr&hellip | July 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
[…] ISO 12,800 from the Nikon D3, noise reduction turned off. Check out the full shooting notes for this shot here: ishootshows.com/2008/07/09/less-than-jake/ […]
4. Neetu | July 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I love the angle! You are my favorite photographer!
5. Todd | July 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Thanks, Neetu! Glad to hear you like the angle, he’s actually quite close in this shot.
6. bigboi | July 15th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
This is nuts
7. Todd | July 15th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Thanks!
8. Dylan Jay | July 24th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
And you continue to produce amazing shots! Hoping my employer comes through with a D3 soon.
Amazing work, Todd!
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