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Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight Sonata
IsabellSchatz

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Challenge: Live Music (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Vienna
Date: Aug 14, 2005
Aperture: 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Performance, Nude
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 55 out of 210
Avg (all users): 5.7297
Avg (commenters): 6.5217
Avg (participants): 5.1379
Avg (non-participants): 5.9117
Views since voting: 1627
Views during voting: 583
Votes: 370
Comments: 32
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 07/28/2006 04:29:17 AM
Wow! This is simply wonderful and rates very high of being different. This kind of creativity is rare as DPC ruins you with steriotype thinking :) I really like the choice of subject, the message being communicated and the cropping of the photo. The only thing which I might like here is bit more of highlightes. I'd still like it to be lowkey, but a bit more of contrast will enhance the curves and contours on wonderful body. Lovely photo.
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 08/25/2005 01:20:39 PM
I don't understand voting! This is one of the best images. I'm reading 'Communication Arts' Photography Annual 46 and this image reminds me of something I would see in it. People may be right when they say a little more white on the piano keys-but not too much. Maybe you could experiment with turning the piano a bit so the lines are perpendicular to her beautiful upright form. By the way, whoever she is she has a beautiful back and shoulders. / end of essay

Message edited by author 2005-08-25 13:27:21.
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 08/24/2005 06:06:00 AM
Good start Isi...
Hope to see more of your work here!
Take care...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/23/2005 11:07:14 PM
dramatic. something special about this one
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 08/22/2005 05:54:51 PM
To dark for me, I understand the "moonlight part", just dosen't appeal to me. 5
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 08/22/2005 07:08:59 AM
You have mastered perfectly here the thing that is most dificult to me: light. I love the low key aspect of it. Awinner in my huble oppinion.
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 08/21/2005 09:02:22 PM
I like the composition of the photo, but for my taste it's a bit on the dark side. If there was a greater contrast or a bit more light I would have scored it higher.
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 08/21/2005 06:53:36 PM
This is just beautiful, very sensual. And a slight blue tinge to it as well... moonlight?
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 08/21/2005 04:29:02 PM
A very nice study. Bumping up.
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 08/20/2005 10:24:30 AM
i like it but its not live
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 08/20/2005 07:30:42 AM
Nice. This would have done very well in the "Nude" Challenge. Very tasteful. I am sure it will do well here too.
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 08/20/2005 05:08:21 AM
Cool mood that you've captured here.
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 08/20/2005 12:16:31 AM
Beautiful lighting. Captivating.
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 08/18/2005 04:26:40 PM
very creative! i hope this photo places! 10 from me.
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 08/18/2005 03:18:42 PM
I like this pic and its feeling a lot. But, however, I think it would been even better with something in up right. Maybe a full moon?
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 08/18/2005 12:59:41 PM
i like it nice idea, amazing frame, but i think it's need to be more brighter
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 08/18/2005 10:39:53 AM
Well composed and nice lighting! 10
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 08/18/2005 01:20:35 AM
is she playing bach? nice back anyway
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 08/17/2005 06:35:36 PM
I know it's suppose to be moonlight but maybe if the keys could have been made a tad brighter it would have taken the focus away from the center (i.e. her shoulder). Another thing is the background doesn't fully blend in with the piano and thus creates a bit of a distraction with the sharp line it creates.
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 08/17/2005 03:31:27 PM
nice...but i bet this would have done better in the nudes challenge
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 08/17/2005 02:43:46 PM
Very nice. A little bit more light would work even better; also, the model should be better positioned in relation to the keyboard (turned to the right a bit). As such, it looks not so natural. But a great pic anyway.
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 08/17/2005 12:27:41 PM
Where do I get to see live music like this?
 08/17/2005 11:05:28 AM
Great idea but I think your lighting has let you down a little. I'm sure this shot was very different in your mind? The WB is slightly off and this is, unfortunately far too dark. Compositionally I would have maybe done things a little differently as well, not as much of a close crop and with the piano perpindicular to the body, if you know what I mean.

If I were you I'd persist and persist in reshooting this because I think this is a fantastic idea, good luck! :)

Alex (6)
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 08/17/2005 10:28:49 AM
Absolutely love the subtlety! beautiful!
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 08/17/2005 07:47:48 AM
When I first viewed this there were four spots of dust on my laptop monitor that looked like the Southern Cross and gave her something to look at. That said, this is a wonderful photograph.
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 08/17/2005 05:17:29 AM
Two challenges with one snap!
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 08/17/2005 04:44:02 AM
good title,graet lighting-10 ;D
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 08/17/2005 02:25:04 AM
I find this a compelling composition, but there's just a bit too much "darkness" to it and not enough mood. I know perhaps the attempt is to hint at the subject being moonlit, but for me, the woman just blends in a bit too much into the background, and perhaps the image could benefit from a change in contrast value. 7 for the idea.
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 08/17/2005 02:03:34 AM
Trying to get all your challenge entries done in one sitting, that's efficient. :)
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 08/17/2005 01:13:55 AM
The lighting is very effective.
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 08/17/2005 12:58:14 AM
play piano in the nude often? quite an interesting hobby but it kind of makes the photo a bit strange, so a 5.
 08/17/2005 12:52:09 AM
Heh - Nude III is the next challenge. ROFL

Nice entry. Interesting and imaginative. I'd like to see more light on her shoulder.
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