What's Good: 3/50

What's Good is the name of a band based here in Burlington, Vermont. They describe their style as 'funky soul jazz rock', and can be found on facebook here. My friend Jordan is one of the band members, and I had promised him some photos, so I went along to a gig at Nectar's in Burlington on October 12th and took some shots. This is my favorite.

Lighting was definitely a challenge here. The drummer, at back center, is barely visible, because he has no lights on him. There are also two more band members, who were not on stage when this picture was taken. My maximum aperture of f/3.5 was not large enough to give me a fast shutter speed at ISO 200, so I increased the ISO to 1250, which definitely results in some noise in the image.

However, I like the colors in this shot. I was able to white balance off the keyboardist's T-shirt, and the different lights gave the scene a multi-colored look. The blur is also minimal, despite not being able to shoot at a fast shutter speed. I think I captured a moment where there wasn't too much movement on the stage.

ISO 1250, f/3.5, 1/15 second. Focal length 14mm (micro 4/3).