sxrich

Unfortunately or fortunately I got the chance to shoot a lot of pics with horrible lighting conditions ie spotlights pointed at you, different colors simultaneously etc. All comes with shooting live events. I did learn about metering though as many of you probably know this already. If not, at least on a Nikon, it became important to "spot" meter against your subject and, in this case, the singer. Because of the distance, dof is pretty strong/far. I could choose to meter off her face or black shirt which would affect overall exposure. i shot this with the inexpensive 50 1.8 wide open, manual, autoISO, d750. heavily cropped but I wanted faster glass than the 24-70 2.8 that I would typically use. And, I hadn't shot with the 50 in a while so why not. I didn't want the power of the spotlights to ruin the exposure or cause the metering to be way off.

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Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Well captured!!
I agree about poor lighting conditions at concerts.
Pat

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

The Nikon D850 has a special metering mode that is quite helpful in these situations.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Well done.

craig.j.tucker

Had you moved to your right a touch and put the singers head directly over the spotlight, you could of had a nice halo effect. Did you?

sxrich

I wasn't able to move, change angle or anything. Take what you get so to speak.

Paladin48 Loc: Orlando

Nailed it

sxrich

There is a highlights metering mode on the d750 which is awesome. I don't always remember to use it but it makes me think it may have been suitable. However, what i wanted was a proper exposure or close to it with the gals face and not getting a very dark exposure because of the backlighting situation. Ironically, my first camera, 1976 Canon AE-1, had a button to push for backlighting. One strength I heard of the d750 is that for some reason, it meters extremely well and one of the best Nikons (not sure about the d500 or d850). I really like the d750 in spite of its issues with shutter problems (I had mine break but it was fixed by Nikon for free at about 60,000 clicks). Thanks for the kind words and feedback.