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Postby spaz on Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:57 pm

Yes, every second photographer has taken a photo of a piano showing a shallow DOF. I decided to play around with this and have finally got something that I'm happy with (3rd attempt). I aimed for a soft feel with the reflection in clearer focus.

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Postby NJ on Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:52 pm

nice! this works for me, i didnt actually realise they were reflections at first.
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Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:53 pm

I like it and the reflections work really well.

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Postby !~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~! on Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:00 pm

ghostly feel to it.....love it :D
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Postby gstark on Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:11 pm

Very nicely done.

Different, and well executed.
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Postby rooboy on Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:12 pm

Fantastic eerie mood to this image. Well done :)
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Postby binky on Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:08 am

Very nice... you even have the appreciation of my wife who is a piano teacher.
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Postby spaz on Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:57 am

binky wrote:Very nice... you even have the appreciation of my wife who is a piano teacher.


Until she sees me play. It sounds alright but I play as if I'm typing on a keyboard, no nicely rounded fingers.

Thanks for the replies. I think I'm going to try this one last time on Tri-X when my F601 arrives (do I have to leave the forum now after mentioning film?).
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Postby Reschsmooth on Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:33 am

spaz wrote:I think I'm going to try this one last time on Tri-X when my F601 arrives (do I have to leave the forum now after mentioning film?).


No, but they make us were special badges on any meets (I am waiting for the delivery of an FE, which will make 2 film Nikons, 4 film cameras in total, and only 2 digitals). :lol: If only I could find out where to put the film in the D200, I would be set.

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Postby Geoff on Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:39 am

This image oozes artistic ability and creativity.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:27 am

Love the concept, well shot.

Might also be interesting to print the sheet music backwards, so the reflected music is the right way round (or reflect it into another mirror but that seems harder).
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Postby iGBH on Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:32 am

Good shot. At first i just assumed it was made in PS.

As said above, would be interesting if you could do it so that the sheet music was the right way around.
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Postby ozimax on Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:28 pm

Very interesting and different, all the more so because I am a pianist but I don't read music!! Ozi
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