Tati Bruening performing as Contact Sports, Roseland Theater.
I think this one’s the best of the concert photography I had done recently. The smoke machine made for a bit of a challenge to shoot through, and this shot certainly isn’t good enough for my portfolio, but it’s good enough I could put it out here.
Thanks for seeing my work!
Yikes the edits in the thread aren't doing it any favours... But the last one was going the right direction indeed, the fog isn't a bad thing but it just lifted all the shadows so much that you lose some of the atmosphere, so just bring your exposure down until she looks how you want and let the shadows drop into darkness with just a bit of detail still coming through. Do NOT also increase contrast a ton like the examples in this thread, keep your ratios similar as they are now just darker. Personally I would also make the shadows a bit cooler in tone.
What you see as my original post was the results of the decisions I made given the space and the lighting to work with. The original raw was much harsher than this.
I hope my choice of edits were alright.
Yeah it looks totally fine for a realistic/natural result, my suggestions definitely go towards stylizing it more but all that is a matter of taste. It's a nice click in any case!