Utopia

Diana and I went to a fund raiser for a group called Utopia - early music singers - last night. Great singing and instrumental talent, lots of fun, good food and (hopefully) they made some money.  It was a fundraiser.

Out of the pictures that I took, I liked these the best.  This is an early viola - it has a fancier name - and was handmade for the lady by an artisan in Long Island.  She had him do the carvings, and, since they remind her of the young lady in Harry Potter, she named the instrument - Hermiane. 

On a technical note - I shot (D300 Nikon) at 2500 to 3200 ISO all night. The quality of the photos was incredible!  A slight amount of noise reduction applied and a bit of sharpening.  The technology is astounding.