“Culture shock” would be a good way to describe the way I felt my first day in Odessa. Every time I come here the city changes so much… And there is always soooo much going on around here. As we were driving home from the train station my brother proudly announced that he’s got us tickets to go see a Moscow jazz band (Trans Atlantic) playing with an American Jazz star - Eric Marienthal. I knew nothing about either one of them; however, it all sounded like fun anyways. Unfortunately, something came up at work and neither my brother nor my dad could make it to the concert that night, so my mom and I went by ourselves…

And what a concert it was! No words can express what we saw and heard… Eric, as well as the rest of the guys were simply incredible. My mom cried watching them play. After the concert I read few local blogs and everyone was simply stunned by their virtuosity and talent.

Luckly, I just happened to have my D70 with me (with the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR). I had to crank ISO all the way to 1000; however, built in noise reduction did a marvelous job as you can witness here.

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