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Harmonious Lines
Harmonious Lines
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Challenge: Music (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: My parents' living room
Date: Oct 31, 2004
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 10s
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2004

 Inside a grand piano.

Setup
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Nikon 18-70 f/3.5-4.5G AF-S @ 18mm. Tripod and 5s timer.

A halogen piano light is just out of sight beyond the upper right corner. I used a flashlight to paint parts of the scene, especially the closest set of dampers.

Postprocessing
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Converted from RAW using dcraw and the RawPhoto plugin with GIMP 2.1.7. Cloned out some dust that I missed when I was wiping out the insides of the piano. Gaussian blur overlay. Cropped. Burned around edges. Scaled. Slight USM to compensate for scaling.

Alternate version (no soft focus!)
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Statistics
Place: 6 out of 124
Avg (all users): 6.3107
Avg (commenters): 7.3000
Avg (participants): 6.0959
Avg (non-participants): 6.4615
Views since voting: 2139
Views during voting: 240
Votes: 177
Comments: 12
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/08/2004 12:13:24 AM
Congratulations on your 6th placing with this Golden Study!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2004 09:44:16 PM
returning for comments:
the beauty of a grand. Bumping up on good lighting.
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 11/06/2004 01:24:03 PM
The rich color gives this an elegant feel. seems silky and gives visual beauty to a musical idea.
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 11/06/2004 12:44:40 PM
Excellent lighting... many people seemed to struggle with their lighting setups in this challenge, but you aced it with no problem. This is so warm and inviting. 9
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 11/06/2004 12:42:59 PM
very nice lighting and color.
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 11/06/2004 02:33:55 AM
just a little out of focus.... greeat warm lighting tone...
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 11/04/2004 10:14:06 AM
Very nice image, gourgous color and great balance. I love the light, hazy/gauss look. It gives us a feeling of romatasism.
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 11/02/2004 01:28:41 PM
Rich. Like the touch of background black.
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 11/02/2004 12:07:02 PM
nice warm tones..good detail ...I like it
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 11/02/2004 10:44:33 AM
Beautiful. Love the warm tones and lighting
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 11/02/2004 10:33:58 AM
Beautiful and well lit, and although I don't agree fully on the soft focus I'll give you an 8 for it.
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 11/01/2004 02:59:06 PM
Beautiful golden amber glow. I am torn as to whether I like the soft focus or not. It may be one of those images that I "want both".
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