Oasis in the Snow
by mariomel

Comment by aussie:
Excellent shadow work here. I love the cluster of trees in the background. Excellent capture. GL

Oasis in the Snow
by mariomel

Comment by KarenB:
Magnificent!

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by johnny_justjohnny:
normally pics people's children don't do much for me, but this is really nice. just enough face on her silhouette, nice gleam on the keys. and you can see the staff on her music, this is really nice.

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by utherdogi:
good one

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by GeneralE:
I'd have turned her a little, maybe added some hair curls, hunched her shoulders, and made it more a pure silhouette -- I think it would then look quite similar to the familiar Beethoven profile..

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by jgillard:
The strong light from the window has made the subject too dark in comparison to the rest of the image. Spot metering of the piano player would of improved this picture, if that is possible with your camera. jgillard6

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Neat sillhouette, but I would have preferred either seeing some facial features or pure sillhouette. This leaves wanting to see more of her. I do like the pose. Very cool. It might have been cool from behind, too, showing the sheet music and her hands. 5 Swash

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by sylandrix:
I don't know if your intention was to underexpose the subject or it just happened that way. If it was an accident, to correct the situation you either overexpose the subhect, or move your camera in until the person fills the frame, take an exposure reading and move out. Either way, I think iy would have been nice if it was exposed a little more so we can see the person playing it. Still a moody photo, good shot.

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by tab262:
would have liked to see just al ittle more facial expression, as in the ability to see it

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor
by mariomel

Comment by UberFish:
Too much space in the top left area, and thers a bright patch in the sky out the window. Not much you can do about the briight patch. The levels on the kid is just right, its not quite a silhouette and you can see the concentration if you look hard enough.