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Fur Elise
Fur Elise
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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
Location: My study
Date: Oct 15, 2005
Aperture: f18
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2s
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 15, 2005

Beethoven's Fur Elise on the keys of an antique German piano

Photoshop desaturation, levels and crop

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 371
Avg (all users): 5.9782
Avg (commenters): 6.8421
Avg (participants): 5.8214
Avg (non-participants): 6.0859
Views since voting: 1051
Views during voting: 393
Votes: 275
Comments: 24
Favorites: 1 (view)


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AuthorThread
11/16/2005 02:35:07 AM
Excellent first submission.

Well done.

bazz.
10/26/2005 12:59:22 AM
Thank you to all of you for the great comments.

tpoc - After the closing date I discovered that my monitor is extremely bright which caused this shot to come out too dark on monitors calibrated differently.

And yes it is a true reflection, the page was placed in between two keys and help up while being backlit.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/25/2005 10:53:09 PM
I like it. Subtle.
10/25/2005 06:04:06 PM
i feel like this photo is just a bit too dark. it becomes hard to pull the reflection of the music off of the keys except in one section of the photo...
grand idea, though! : )
10/25/2005 04:27:15 PM
Good iimage.
10/25/2005 12:09:10 AM
Creative. :) I really like the black and white approach- adds a sense of drama. Love the reflecting sheet music, so subtle, and yet so striking... Nice. :)
10/24/2005 08:13:25 PM
subtle and effective -6
10/23/2005 11:20:48 PM
Nice idea!

Would be even better if the reflection was a little bit darker, I think. Maybe "polish" the keys first? Very nicely composed, too.
10/23/2005 10:23:00 PM
This is cool. Great correlation between reflection and reflector... 8
10/23/2005 08:16:03 PM
Cool idea! Did you think of scanning or photographing the music, then creating a mirror image and using that for the reflection? Just a thought. Nice image.
10/23/2005 01:29:17 PM
A very creative Idea. One of the most orriginal in the challenge.
10/23/2005 12:12:51 PM
creative!! refreshing to see something so different from the water shots!
10/23/2005 06:31:30 AM
Very sensible!
10/22/2005 09:47:19 PM
Love the music reflected in the keys and the soft focus you achieved....such an understated shot that stands at the top in this challenge. Great job --10--
10/21/2005 10:44:42 AM
Very cool! Original and talented in concept. A bit over-ponderous due to the excess of increasingly black tones on the left 1/4th of your canvas. Keeping this light and bright would have made a merrier composition, which this fights to become. 7 for all the goodness that is displayed in this melodic piece.
10/20/2005 06:08:07 PM
Nice. I am curious how you did this.
10/20/2005 04:20:41 PM
This is a really great idea, very original. Very nice use of repetition with the keys, also.
10/20/2005 08:00:05 AM
Appreciate the twist on the 'ol piano key in perspective. Think this could benefit from a greater range in tone, this seems to come out really grey.
10/19/2005 08:49:19 PM
Great idea; wonderfully executed
10/19/2005 04:44:34 PM
Love it, the black keys could have been morepolished, but saved by the notes! Nice capture!!
10/19/2005 04:24:30 PM
nice...but the keys dont seem quite that sharp to me. also the other half of the notes reflect outside of the piano keys which doesnt flatter it too much, but i do like how you reflected te notes in the piano keys.
10/19/2005 02:31:26 PM
Is the music really reflecting off the keys? I think a tighter crop would have been better, focusing on the keys with the clearest reflection.
10/19/2005 09:24:24 AM
Love that piece of music. I wish the keys were tack sharp though. Hmmmmm
10/19/2005 03:54:28 AM
what a fantastic imaginitive almost poetic idea. i really hope it doesn't suffer from the thumbnail view.
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