111023 SMTOWN LIVE in New York

Disclaimer: I am not a professional photographer, and unless specified, these photos should not be treated as professional.This was my attempt at enjoying the concert from the front floor area and taking some photos as well (while being very blocked off, by the most ridiculously positioned camcorder ever.) I only bothered taking photos when the artists performed on the center stage. I used a rented Canon 50mm f/1.2L on my 5D Mark II.I set ISO400 and f/1.2 for absolute maximum shutter speed. A bit too high perhaps, as I got a flashing 1/8000 when SHINee was ... too shiny. To compensate, I set ISO to 100 which was a huge mistake, as later photos ended up being in the slower (1/200 - 1/500) range. Since then, I've learned that overexposure is easily fixable, but underexposure is not, and once again, steering away from manual came at a high cost.Because of this blunder, I learned to avoid shooting wide open since it made my photos soft :(The photos got ugly to me, I didn't want to look at them any more, so I I offloaded most of the color edits to a friend and rushed the crops. I didn't even bother to fix some photos tilted at an angle.I don't have time to position watermarks for every photo, so I shoved them all center. And no, I don't have time to look at the watermarked versions of my photos; I'm sure some of them are obnoxious. If you would like a photo with a non-center watermark (this does NOT mean "no watermark"), download the full batch below.Feel free to share this with anyone, but link to this page only, OR the short url: flic.kr/s/aHsjwUhKW7 Flickr does store the full-resolution images (zoom, "View all sizes", "original"), but if you chose to save all 1000+ one at a time, you're a loser. Especially since I said I'd provide one. Batch download: part1 Photo accept rate: 55% (VERY high!)Selection criteria: any photo with decent focus, or funny/nice/memorable photos if not in focus.Will create a subset with the "best" photos later.