Back in February, the Duke of Westminster held a Rock Band competition, of the kind us lesser mortals can participate in.
The pictures (and costumes!) really speak for themselves. Also, I’m a bit sleepy, so the prospects of highlighting specific pictures for commentary isn’t too appealing at the moment. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/relgar/sets/72157616400747071/
A little bit of photography shop-talk though. As much as I like my Nikon D40, it definitely can’t match the pro-level cameras, e.g. 5dMk2, especially in low light situations like these. An f/1.4 lens helped a bit, but I still had to use flash to get any reasonable chance of success.
Looking at the graininess in these pictures, particularly the few I tried without a flash, I finally bit the bullet and purchased a license to Noise Ninja. I really can’t seem to plug all the leaks in this cash hole of a hobby called photography. 
Thankfully, the results did not disappoint, and bordered on magical. Here’s a before/after of probably the noisiest picture I had from the night (no flash, ISO1600, f/1.4):
The difference is even more noticeable at higher resolutions. Expensive software, but at least it gives great results!
