Rocket - Test with new Tamron lens

I recently got a Tamron SP AF28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) lens for my Sony A100. I researched this lens for months, and I finally decided to purchase one for myself.

I took a few sample shots of Rocket out back. It locks on a fast moving target like Rocket, and it produces a sharp picture on the Sony. I plan to test it out soon at the clubs, so I hope some decent bands are playing this weekend.

The Crowbar - 2009-03-14

Ybor City had its annual "Saturday before St. Patrick's Day - unless St. Patrick's Day is on Saturday" parade, and thankfully I skipped the parade. I already saw both the Gasparilla Day Parade and the Gasparilla Knight Parade in February. Some of the floats have a St. Patrick's Day theme, but most of them use the tired old pirate theme from Gasparilla. The worst part is that almost all the bars and clubs try to take advantage of the parade by charging cover when they normally do not or by jacking up the drink prices.

Fortunately, The Crowbar is different. They charged normal cover rates and they did not jack up the drink prices. To top it off, they had some great bands playing that night.

Liquid Limbs was the first band I caught that night. They are a two piece band from Gainsville.



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Liquid Limbs at The Crowbar - 2009-03-14

The second band I saw was Early Man. I do not know much about them except that they rocked.



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Early Man at The Crowbar - 2009-03-14

The final band was Red Fang. They rocked as well. I got a series of action shots of the drummer. I happen to like stop motion shots like that. If you do not, well then go buy your own damn camera and take some pictures.



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Red Fang at The Crowbar - 2009-03-14

Mr Bella at The Crowbar - 2008-12-06

This is another time I saw Mr Bella at The Crowbar. This is from late last year. These are the raw, untouched photos; There are too many of them to go back and edit up.







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Mr Bella at The Crowbar 2008-12-06

Paradigm at The Crowbar - 2009-01-10

This is some older pictures from last year that I finally got around to posting here.

Paradigm played at the Crowbar on January 10, 2009.






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Paradigm at The Crowbar 2009-01-10

Chromatic - Gasparilla Knight Parade - 2009-02-14

These are some older pictures of Chromatic from the Gasparilla Knight Parade in Ybor City. It was crowded, which made it a tough shoot. Not my best work, but there are some interesting shots here.





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Chromatic - Green Iguana Ybor - Gasparilla Knight Parade - 20090214

Chromatic - Green Iguana Ybor - 2009-03-07

This is Chromatic at the Green Iguana Ybor on March 07, 2009.





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Chromatic at Green Iguana Ybor - 2009-03-07

Silvertongue - Green Iguana Ybor - 2009-02-27

This is Silvertongue at the Green Iguana Ybor on February 27, 2009.





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Silvertongue - Green Iguana Ybor - 2009-02-27