Laser Show w/Pink Floyd and the 70-300VR

[NostalgicDad]

This past weekend, we were at a local festival that included an indoor laser show set to the music of Pink Floyd. They played a lot of their great songs and finished up with Dark Side of the Moon. It was a pretty cool show and almost had a concert feel to it (sans the familiar odors). :hippie: But, I hadn't intended to take any pictures since I had my 70-300VR mounted for some of the shots I was doing outdoors. And, of course, my bag was in our car and I didn't have time to run and get a better suited lens. So, we get seated and I realized that I might could actually make something of this even though it was completely dark. Although 70mm was a bit too tight, it still allowed for at least a chance at some pictures. Being f/4.5 on the low end, I knew I had my work cut out for me. So, I bumped my D80 to (the equivalent of) ISO 2500. This resulted in a best case of 1/25 sec and worst case 1/4 sec on the following shots. All I did was rest my elbow on the arm rest to support the camera. I guess I was surprised at how well both the lens did and the D80 did at a pretty high ISO. For those of you who are Pink Floyd fans, you can really appreciate and understand some of these shots. ;) For those of you who have never even heard of them......I'm sorry. :sad2:


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