{"id":1232,"date":"2009-03-05T04:17:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T04:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2009-03-05T04:17:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T04:17:44","slug":"rock-the-crowd-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1232","title":{"rendered":"Rock The Crowd 8"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nShots of the crowd, of Rock The World 8<\/b>, 20th December 2008 (always very near to my birthday as tradition!)<\/p>\n

Shot, of course, with my birthday present to myself, the Sony Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8 on the A900, at F1.8.<\/p>\n

I also borrowed smashpOp<\/a>‘s Minolta 28mm F2.8 – it would be the widest lens I’d bring, next to the Minolta 50mm F1.4. Much smaller than my Minolta 24-105mm F3.5-4.5 (which already was tiny!) The next few pictures are from the 28mm…<\/p>\n


\n25 and a day old. Thanks Ahmad Saiful for taking this picture! (Er, why slanted ah boss?)<\/p>\n

I was the sole representative from Xfresh that day. No Street Surfers, no nothing. Xfresh was one of the big logos on the Rock The World 8 logo! Thus, by association, I was one of the big logos…<\/p>\n


\nJambu<\/i>, or guava. I love this!<\/p>\n

Jambu<\/i> is also a colloquial term for a guy who is so good-looking he attracts guys.<\/p>\n


\nRamly Burgers, the staple diet of concert goers in Malaysia. I love this, too!<\/p>\n


\nSomebody in this picture has eyes on the back of his head.<\/p>\n


\nGirls leaving, after finding out that Coldplay is not playing.<\/p>\n


\nThat’s alright, us guys will stay to rock! Next few shots are with the Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8… at F1.8.<\/p>\n


\nMinor CA was apparent in this shot, but easily remedied with a duplicated layer, Gaussian blurred with a small radius, then merged with Color blending mode.<\/p>\n


\nThe Zeiss is so blistering sharp wide open, on the original shot I can make out what time it is on his watch.<\/p>\n


\nGotta love the separation! See the Xfresh logo in the top-right corner? That was apparently just me, heh!<\/p>\n


\nMore crowds at F1.8.<\/p>\n


\nI then put on the Kenko 2x teleconverter, to get a 280mm F3.5 lens.<\/p>\n


\nEh cool ‘fro, bro! 280mm F6.3.<\/p>\n


\nThen I whipped out the 50mm at F11 for a crowd-surfing shot. I pity the guy who just went down. Look for his shoe!<\/p>\n


\nNow you see it? I pity the guy who got uh… kicked in the groin.<\/p>\n


\nMoving on!<\/p>\n


\nWide open, the 135mm F1.8 + 2x teleconverter = 280mm F3.5 wields passable results, with some minor artifacts, like the spherical distortion at the bottom. It’s alright for portraits though!<\/p>\n


\nBack without the teleconverter and just the Zeiss 135mm at F1.8, we have Aru<\/b> of Republic Of Brickfields<\/b> and the crowd!<\/p>\n

I was denied access to the stage at first, with ROTTW photographers getting full priority. But hey, I represented one entire part of the logo!<\/p>\n


\nFadhil<\/b> the emcee, lost in the crowd.<\/p>\n


\nRemember when you were a kid, and getting lost in a crowd would make you cry?<\/p>\n


\nSometimes, we never find the way.<\/p>\n

Haha just kidding but Fat Boys Records should pay the soundman more! (He’s not a random bum, spot his tag!)<\/p>\n


\nGetting up on stage was no big deal – the angle wasn’t great anyway. I expect to see a lot of side shots since the photographers could not move to the front or risk tripping on sound monitors and lights.<\/p>\n

The real keepers were from the front, on a raised platform to the side.<\/p>\n


\nKids these days love posing.<\/p>\n


\nThey also love not finishing their drinks, and leaving them on random tables.<\/p>\n


\nGuess who I spotted! Yes, Ted<\/a> tapes up his camera identification too…<\/p>\n

Let the pictures do the bragging, not the label on your camera.<\/p>\n


\nAnd soon, it was night!<\/p>\n


\nWe continued to rock on!<\/p>\n


\n28mm F2.8 1\/13s ISO6400. I love how the plastic cups glowed in the light!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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