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Classical with a twist
Classical with a twist
Melethia


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Challenge: Free Study XVI (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Challenges 2006
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
Date: Dec 23, 2006
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Performance, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2006

 During the holidays, three gentlemen from Russia played classical music - on accordians. And they were awesome! Since they set up shop across from the Starbucks in Wiesbaden, I had the good fortune to hear them more than once.

Converted to B&W with channel mixer, very slight curves adjustment, crop, sharpen, a touch of Neat Image, bit o' bright/contrast, and resize for web.

Statistics
Place: 263 out of 488
Avg (all users): 5.4833
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.4046
Avg (non-participants): 5.6939
Views since voting: 778
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 180
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 03/11/2008 03:33:11 AM
What a nice B&W exposure! I can almost hear the accordion, and the technicals are spot on, save a little over exposure in some portions. The striking textures and detail on the accordion boost this up 2 points from mediocrity to a 7. I like looking at this capture!
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 01/08/2007 10:29:24 PM
This is a perfect B&W portrait that focuses well on the music of the photo. It should have scored much higher and indeed did in my mind!
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 01/08/2007 09:05:23 PM
Deb,
I'm surprised this one didn't score higher. I gave it an 8. I think you did very well with the tonal range, and I like the crop. Another great photo!
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 01/08/2007 11:02:53 AM
Missed this one in voting, but I probably would've given it a 6. The details, tones, and patterns are quite interesting.

Crop is less tightly so I see who's playing and it might've been higher.
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 01/08/2007 07:35:33 AM
Another Melethia urban delight! I missed this because try as I might, I didn't finish voting on all the photos in this big challenge, but I sure would have voted it higher than 5.4! It just makes me want to be there listening outside to the music going on in the street.

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 01/08/2007 12:42:13 AM
Still believe it is a good B&W
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2007 12:45:48 PM
Great detail.
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 01/06/2007 07:09:35 AM
B&W works really good here, well done
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 01/03/2007 04:31:24 PM
Good B&W
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 01/02/2007 04:54:13 PM
In my opinion either you keep the head in the shot or you crop in tight to get just the musical instrucment. Having a headless person is a bit disconcerting.
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 01/02/2007 02:10:21 PM
It's a proper instrument, the button accordion - there are things you can play on one of those that you can't play on anything else. I don't think this is a great photograph - it's OK, but it lacks the elements that would make it more than a simple illustration of an instrument.
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 01/02/2007 02:43:21 AM
That is alot of buttons. Very good photo. I hope it sounded as good as it looks.
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