Because I enjoyed the music and atmosphere so much last year, I decided to attend the Amphi Festival in Köln, Germany again this year. Armed with my new camera-gear and accompanied by Fresia and Daniel, I ventured to the Tanzbrunnen congress center, where the event takes place every year.
My goal was to get some nice close-up shots of artists, like the ones I had seen on various websites. With my 70-300mm zoom lens, I figured the job should be doable; and I was right. I still need a lot of practice with this kind of photography; The shutter speeds and light measuring are totally different, because of all the bright lights behind the artists. In most cases I had to boost the ISO quite a bit to get fast shutter speeds, and this causes a bit of noise in the images.
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It somewhat pleased me to see that the drinks were still (too) expensive, and the pizza was still decent (although pricy). It was a bit of a relief to see that the prices hadn't been raised this year. On Sunday I had gotten used to the weird settings a bit, and was able to shoot some more photos. Too bad it started to rain quite a bit later on in the day, which prevented me from shooting more photos.
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All in all I'm pretty satisfied with the images, and can't wait to visit Amphi Festival again next year. Last year we slept over at the house of Daniel's friend Madita, but this year we decided to sleep over at Daniel's home and drive back and forth to the festival (about an hour's drive). Next year, however, I'm definitely opting for an air-conditioned hotel room, because sleeping on a sticky and crappy airbed after a long day of walking around in severe heat wasn't too good for my mood. 