Rocking the One Stars!

I got a little extra creative today. I've always enjoyed mixing hobbies, for instance I love shooting concert pix (music and photography). As there was no concert to shoot I decided to use my own drums and play around a bit. The set up was tricky. See my Week In Review blog to see a picture from my cell phone showing how I set up the camera if you are interested in that sort of thing - here is the link to that blog.

I wanted to show action by having my right foot and the bass pedal kind of blurred. In a real concert the light is so low that it's easy to do this. In a basement under controlled light it's much harder to do. I tried, but the best I got was a faint blur. I will have to play with that some more in the future. Once I had the shot I wanted, I edited it like crazy in PhotoShop. Enjoy!

Shot spex: RAW Image, Pentax K10D, ISO 400, 27mm, f22, 8 sec., off camera flash.

PhotoShop spex: Smart Sharpened, cropped, adjusted Contrast and Brightness, added some Neon Glow.

Tunes listened to while editing: Angels & Airwaves, Love Part II. (Awesome album!)

Feel free to visit my Week In Review blog using pictures I've taken with my cell phone. If you want to follow that here is the link.