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The Maestro
The Maestro
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Challenge: The Spirit Of A Country (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville, TN
Date: Nov 14, 2009
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Performance, Music
Date Uploaded: Nov 17, 2009

 Thanks to everyone for the kind words and good critique! Was a fun week for me with this one. Look forward to next one!
This was shot while covering a series of patriotic concerts given by the Nashville Symphony Pops. The Maestro is impassioned at the end of the show and leading the audience in the final strains of the encore. Shot with the ambient stage light. Raw conversion in Aperture. Add a bit of contrast and definition. A touch of saturation. Crop and resize. Enjoy!

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 63
Avg (all users): 6.0766
Avg (commenters): 7.0625
Avg (participants): 6.1471
Avg (non-participants): 6.0647
Views since voting: 1238
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 235
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/30/2009 07:59:11 PM
Very nice capture. Nice detail.
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 11/25/2009 12:15:32 AM
Ha, cool shot. Would have liked to see this place higher, but congrats on top twenty.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/24/2009 06:55:02 AM
Good capture and spirited
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 11/23/2009 08:40:32 PM
I really like the energy!
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 11/22/2009 12:26:11 PM
nice clarity, excellent capture
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 11/22/2009 09:17:32 AM
This says it all! Great one
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 11/21/2009 02:16:01 PM
Great capture well shot
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 11/21/2009 09:07:30 AM
Love it!!!!!
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 11/20/2009 11:28:06 PM
Einstein's musically inclined brother, I believe.
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 11/20/2009 02:08:25 PM
Nice capture!
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 11/20/2009 08:54:10 AM
Nice capture of the enthusiastic directing of this musical conductor:-) Lighting is good. Focus is just a tad soft on the face and raised hand. Aside from that wonderfully exuberant expression on the gentleman we see the U.S. flag held promeniently in his lower hand. I could almost hazard a guess that the orchestra is playing Star Spangled Banner:-) The shot is good but I only see what might be the music rather than 'hear' it. It is tough to capture sound but you *can* give one a sense of the music. You are halfway there with the conductor, but where are some of the musicians he is conducting? I feel that if you showed us some of the musicians playing instruments in the backdrop or off to the side it would have a much greater impact with *showing* us the music. It doesn't have to be the whole orchestra for you don't want to lose whom the main subject is to the crowd. It could just be the musicians in the forefront...just enough so that you show us whom he is conducting and the action of the musicians playing their instruments.
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 11/20/2009 12:16:54 AM
LOVELY ANIMATED CAPTURE
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 11/18/2009 11:15:41 PM
he reminds me of a cross between Mark Twain and Col. Sanders.
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 11/18/2009 10:02:14 PM
Great capture of a human American moment - the expression & body language make this photograph a quite telling moment. Good eye, great catch.
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 11/18/2009 08:39:03 PM
great capture of the moment
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 11/18/2009 04:42:51 PM
Gorgeous photo.
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 11/18/2009 09:42:26 AM
cute
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 11/18/2009 03:08:42 AM
This is a nice shot but I can't see how it represents the spirit of a country. Sorry, DNMC IMO.
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