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Challenge: School Days: Music (Basic Editing)
Collection: People
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Dining room
Date: Feb 10, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40s
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2007

I was trying to capture the feeling of being alone with the music. My daughter's learning to play the clarinet, so I put her up on a chair to get her above the chair rail in our dining room and shined a clamp lamp with a 100W light at her from the image's left side.

Converted to B&W with the channel mixer.

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.4468
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.2545
Avg (non-participants): 5.5263
Views since voting: 901
Views during voting: 238
Votes: 188
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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02/24/2007 10:49:44 AM
I don't know much about the post ptocessing angle - not there yet, but I have to say that I like the way your daughter and the clarinet share the space. They both have importance and impact.
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02/24/2007 03:48:49 AM
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02/22/2007 02:30:32 AM
Nice work Jeffrey. I like the "emotion" that everyone is talking about here. My only complaint is the serene emotion doesn't seem to fit the stark background. Beyond that it is a great capture. I am a fan of side lighting so you get points from me. I also like the grayscale treatment. I really do like the expression, it really makes the picture.
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02/21/2007 08:46:23 AM
Nice shot, lighting, composition and contrast. Nice score and placement too. Well done. Oh yeah, and nice model!
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02/21/2007 08:40:07 AM
Great expression, looks like she's blowing her heart out on that clarinet. I saw your thread on PP. I really liked some of the ideas, especially the clouds to help pop the subject. Her face could use a little work in the lighting department, but you did nicely capture the whole tonal range here.
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02/21/2007 07:31:17 AM
Nice job Jeffrey, I like the BW portrait. I like the way the background fades between dark and light. The facial expression is great.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2007 12:31:58 PM
great lighting.
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02/20/2007 03:46:22 AM
finally, emotion!
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02/18/2007 11:59:33 PM
What a wonderful Black and White image :) It truly speaks volumes to anyone that has played an instrument. The light, frame, focus, and expression are all really nicely put together.
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02/15/2007 08:01:38 PM
Just lovely
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02/14/2007 04:25:38 PM
I like the use of closed eyes to capture focus - however, I am not a fan of the lighting on her face - a little fill lighting to bring out some highlights in her hair and to take out the severe shadow on her left cheek might help.
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