This is what the theater looked like after everybody died… Lots of grain on this one. It adds to the mood, of course! Nothing I ever do is short of perfect. 
Like ephemeral before it, I’m also learning how to spell auditorium now…
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I shot this after my cousin’s dance recital, once everyone left. It was quite dark, so I pushed it to ISO800 and went down to F1.6, taking the opportunity to use a shallow depth of field. The theater is a dead one if I’ve seen one, in this picture at least. I like the colors of the chairs, and the lighting was nice and indirect, despite the dimness.
Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/60, F1.6, 50mm, ISO800, 2008-06-22T00:52:14-04, 20080622-005214rxt
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Source image, compiled from the Canon Rebel XTi RAW file using the default settings in PhotoFiltre Studio.
