The bassist of my old band was in town(within 100 miles) with his new band Gorgasm on Saturday and I thought I'd try my hand at concert photography given that I bought a full-frame D700 recently and I wanted to test its low-light capabilities. The 4th Annual "New Jersey Death Fest" was hosted by Hartley's, in Arlington NJ. It was a small bar with no real 'photo pit'. It was a 2-day event and on Saturday 17 bands were scheduled to play. Got myself there about 4:30 and started shooting.
Place was VERY dark with hardly any stage lighting, and everyone wearing black didn't help. I tried getting some different angles but that proved very difficult to do without getting hit by people in the mosh pits. I avoided using flash as much as I could and tried shooting with primes(50mm and 85mm) wide open as well as a 24-85 f/2.8-4 but everything still came out grainy, some of the ISO's were pushing 6400. Open to settings suggestions here(Cary I know you've shot bands before, please lend your expertise)
'Parasitic Extirpation'
'An Aborted Memory'
'Dysentery'
'Putrid Pile'
'Deceased'
'Ghoul'
'Gorgasm'
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