Kathleen LaGue at the Living Room in NYC

Very nice. I have tried to explain my feelings on the lack of focus, but will just have to say that I think the focus is fine in this case. IMO.

I've seen a few concert photo here, and I like this one best. Many of those "concert photos" would not be very interesting as just "photos", but this one is. It's a beautiful work. For some reason it reminds me of an LP cover shot.

Nice image, great expression, I'm a little concerned about the lack of sharpness, was it intentional?

The softness wasn't intentional. This was shot in a small club in manhattan using relatively weak tungsten lighting. I was hoping that the composition and expression would make up for the slight softness. What do you think? Does it work?

Have some concert shots in this photo if anyone is interested in

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I think it is not soft focus, it is blur caused by her moviment and a slow shutter speed. This is typical in concerts with bad lights as this one.

 

I like the shot because you 'have stolen' one intense moment of her performance. The only think that I dislike is the red-ish look, but, of course, it is not your fault but provia 1600's. Have you used the new 400F pushed to 1600? It is a marvellous film, even pushed to 3200!

I feel your pain tom, i lost a load of great shots upon bringing my 2.8 zoom instead of my 50mm 1.8, 1600 just wasnt enough under the crappy lighting - 1/30th was the best i could do - but you got MUCH better results, the sharpness is almost a non-issue here, great shot!

Great moment to trip the shutter, nice simple composition.