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Feeling The Jazz
Feeling The Jazz
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Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Romania
Date: Sep 2, 2005
Aperture: F4
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2005

 Harry Tavitian [i]is …"the most interesting contemporary Romanian jazzman".
(International Herald Tribune - Oct 19, 1990).

I had the oportunity and honor to photograph him at a concert he had here in my city, and due to poor lighting (verry powerful hot halogenes only from 1 side, I could only get verry contrasty pictures) I think this should work well for this challenge.

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 343
Avg (all users): 6.0968
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.9618
Avg (non-participants): 6.3297
Views since voting: 1284
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 248
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/17/2005 11:11:20 PM
Greetings from Critique Club!

From Romania! My sister-in-law is from Romania!

Anyway, this is a great shot! I love it! Had I the chance to vote I would have given it a 7 or 8. The overall composition, the motion on the hands, it's all great. But the high contrast is not really there for me. Some is there but nothing that really stands out against each other, lots of grays.

But again, a great shot otherwise.

Hope this helps.

Deannda
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 09/13/2005 03:36:01 PM
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Cool image. Looks like he really enjoys his music. Was this from the Johann Strauss International Festival at the Athenaeum?


No it was a concert here on a little stage, in my little town, in north of Romania. Enjoying and feeling the music is what he really does here, even if it maybe looks that way, he was only playing keyboards and no vocals at this point. Thanks.

Message edited by author 2005-09-13 15:36:18.
 09/13/2005 01:20:55 PM
Cool image. Looks like he really enjoys his music. Was this from the Johann Strauss International Festival at the Athenaeum?
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 09/12/2005 01:32:03 PM
How this didn`t end up with a much higher placing is puzzling.

Fabulous shot.
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 09/12/2005 01:33:04 AM
Congrats on the top 50. I am very surprised (and disappointed) that this didn't make the top 10! This was one of the best in the challenge. Nice work! I gave this a 9, but didn't get a comment in earlier. The smoothness of the tones and the emotion in the artist are outstanding.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2005 11:03:51 PM
did you crop out the knife in his back?
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 09/11/2005 10:26:27 PM
Nicely composed and processed.
Slight amount of motion in the hands really makes this work. (8)
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 09/11/2005 07:16:19 PM
Some nice contrast areas. For me, this would have done well in the Live Music challenge a few weeks back.
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 09/11/2005 07:59:19 AM
Nice portrait shot. Like the movement in the fingers. This might work better in sepia. 8.
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 09/10/2005 02:26:45 PM
is this fidel castro? lol
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 09/10/2005 01:39:42 AM
Great capture and nice contrast.
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 09/09/2005 07:55:34 PM
I just love this portrait! His expression is wonderful.
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 09/09/2005 01:50:40 PM
wow, what a capture! I imagine you'll hear from people who like the blur on the hands and those that don't--personally, I'd prefer sharp hands, but indeed I think that no matter which way you went there would me mixed reactions. The expression on his face is magnificently expressive, and the details in the beard just make the shot. I hope this places well.
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 09/08/2005 08:51:10 AM
From a glance, I thought it was Fidel Castro on the keyboard!! Nice angle to the shot. The contrast is definitely there. I like the movement of his fingers and the appearance that he's singing. The lighting is well done too.
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 09/07/2005 09:41:15 PM
Fit Challenge Criteria: 1/2
Color/Contrast: 1/2
Composition: 2/2
Photo Quality: 1/2
My Subjective Affinity: 1/2
 09/07/2005 08:07:12 AM
amazing, one, i really like it
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 09/06/2005 03:38:00 PM
Excellente
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 09/06/2005 10:44:59 AM
Wonderful image..beautifully composed and lit.
This should do very well.
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 09/05/2005 12:01:20 PM
Beautiful focus & movement. Great crop too. Nice rich tones.
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 09/05/2005 10:17:17 AM
Nice skin and beard tones. The blurred fingers add to the facial expression.
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