The nifty fifty does it all in Seattle

Most of the time the nifty fifty only has time to take one style of photographs but Spenz was able to do a little of everything in one night. Neon lights, concerts, dinner, architecture, abstract and long exposures. I’ve used my nifty fifty for concerts and it is outstanding if you are close enough.

This was the start of our night out. Dinner at Pier 66 in Seattle. Very low light situation so I thought I would put the Nifty Fifty to an early test at F1.7 and 3200 ISO. The prawns were good too.

The Smith Building in Seattle illuminated by the setting sun and with the First United Methodist Church in the foreground. This was an in-camera, handheld HDR shot just to test the capabilities of the K-5. The picture was cropped & sharpened a little in post but no other adjustments for exposure, color, etc.

The classic shot of the Pike Place neon sign. The most-visited tourist trap in Seattle with 10 million plus passing through each year.

Pike Place Market was empty and pretty much everyone was gone except for some maintenance people. Not even sure how we got past a couple doors that probably should have been locked but the neon really catches your eye.

The “Presidents of the United States of America” (aka PUSA) played at the Showbox in Seattle Feb 18, 2012. Great show and the Nifty Fifty worked as great, low-light concert lens.

I liked the abstract nature of the ceiling light just over where we were standing in the club.

The camera was on the railing of a pier as I didn’t have the luxury of a tripod that night. It took a few tries and I had to let go of my K5 while it balanced 30 ft over the ocean.

Accidental shutter press while still set at 20 seconds so I had a little fun with it.

The Traveling Nifty Fifty