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Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue
mariomel


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Moods (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Club Soda, Montreal, Qc
Date: Apr 25, 2005
Aperture: f 5.0
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/13 sec
Galleries: Performance, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2005

 Taken during my friend DENIS DUCHARME's album launch where I was asked to photograph the show. After this I can really appreciate why you need faster glass in order to shoot this kind of stuff. Shot using my 28-135 IS (@70mm)and 20D pushed to the max at ISO 3200! Still only managed to get 1/13th of a second shutter speed. Good thing for the IS and that the bass player was standing still. I realized that my lenses were not fast enough, so I had to wait for people to be standing still most of the time. Still managed to get about 70 usable shots. The rest can be found here.

Processed in RAW to JPEG. In colour this shot is actually red in tint, from the overhead spotlights.

In PS7:
- cloned out an annoying lamp hanging over the cables hung up in the BG.
- cropped to 4/3
- saturated using colorize to get slight blue tint
- resize
- USM for sharpness on new layer
- removed USM over bass stings to eliminate "jaggies"
- save for web

Statistics
Place: 60 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.7857
Avg (commenters): 6.6429
Avg (participants): 5.6778
Avg (non-participants): 5.8514
Views since voting: 982
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 238
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/08/2005 04:38:35 PM
Great duotone mood in this photo. A top entry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2005 03:22:25 PM
I like the overall shot. Nice enough lighting, except for the slight flare around the head. I feel the shadow on the bass body is a bit of a distraction, and a more lit face would be more effective. 6 but bumping to 8 on second pass, after finding myself liking this a lot more than 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/05/2005 10:51:17 PM
I get it, he's blue... Probably playing the blues... Lonely musician... Good work! :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/05/2005 09:10:58 PM
Very well done portrait. I like every little thing about it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/05/2005 04:07:35 PM
a little soft of the model. Nice idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/04/2005 09:15:29 PM
very nicely done ... subject, monotone, and composition all very strong WRT to "Moods".
may have like to have seen a little less light/clarity on the amp cords to better isolate man and his guitar
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/04/2005 07:56:03 PM
Poor musician. I bet he's sad because he's balding.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/04/2005 10:28:25 AM
Nothing is in focus. Composition is spoilt by headstock's juxtaposition with cables. Good mood though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2005 12:16:55 AM
clever idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 07:36:03 PM
this is great (wish he wasn't so posed though) 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 10:10:44 AM
this is a great capture. did you try to bring his face out just a little bit more? he's kind of dominated by the cables on the right (which are great, by the way -- really set the backstage scene)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 10:08:31 AM
v. interesting. teh blue works really well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 06:13:48 AM
good "moody" toning; nothing seems to be in focus though...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 12:59:34 AM
IMO, I don't get "blue", I get contemplative before a performance. I like it though. Could be a little more in focus on his face.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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