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While having coffee with the chemistry teacher, the
music teacher posed in saying:

— Could you do for us a front cover for the Christmas
Concert Program? If possible, could it be a B&W old
style portrait of any of the students. One more thing,
the instruments should be the stars not the students"…



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mmm not sure about this one Daniel. The hand just looks a little too bright really and grabs the attention (well my attention anyway :) ) Also the cello body isn't overly distinctive in as much it is tending to blend into the boys clothing a little.

I do like the toning though and the expression.
 
PaulButler said:
not sure about this one…
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Yes, good eye Paul!

The purpose of the image is a third of A4 sheet that
will be the front of the program and given to those
coming to the christmas concert.

So the picture will end up to be 9,6 cm in the width
and, at that small size, the hand should attract the
first glance of the viewer.

I intend to insert that shot that I like very much in my
iPad portfolio and then the treatment will be like we
imagine. :cool:
 
Personally I think you hit the brief. I was drawn to the hand and the strings. I think what instrument it is is irrelevant for what it's being used for. To me it's the playing of it that's important and that's what I get from it
 
Karen said:
Personally I think you hit the brief. I was drawn to the hand and the strings. I think what instrument it is is irrelevant for what it's being used for. To me it's the playing of it that's important and that's what I get from it
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Speechless, I am…
Wow, you got it Karen! :cool:

The teacher looked at me in the eye for what seemed
to be a long time saying nothing either but smiled.
 
Agree with Karen, the photo is about the playing of the instrument and the hand tells that story.
 
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Great, thank you Pitter!
 
I think as a photographer looking at the image it just looks so wrong, years of "eyes in focus" being drilled into me have left me with that perception! I'm not saying you're wrong just what I get when I look at it.
 
Mintchocs said:
I think as a photographer looking at the image it just looks so wrong, years of "eyes in focus" being drilled into me have left me with that perception! I'm not saying you're wrong just what I get when I look at it.
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I understand your comment, Clint. :cool:

As I said somewhere else, photography is just an other
way to spell communication. In that sense, PoF, PoV, DoF
— among many others — are simply precising where and
at what level the said communication should happen.

Thanks for dropping by!
 
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I get the intention now, but thought the same as Paul at first look. If the hand was the intention, maybe lose the detail of him little more with less DOF.
 
Livin The Dream said:
maybe lose the detail of him little more with less DOF.
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That shot was a balance act of everything together, Kris
  1. a dark grey day with 4 neon tubes in the little room
  2. the kids were too close to the next, I could not walk through
These restrictions plus a "no flash allowed" and the knowledge of
the end use got me choosing the D3S and the 70~200 ƒ2.8 combo.

The important point is to leave sufficient play room for who ever has
the layout to do and judging if the proposed DoF is enough or not at
the smaller final image size… it is easier to blur than sharpen in PP.

My approach would have been very different if for a normal size final
image or if more room had been available and… :cool:
 
Kodiak Qc said:
That shot was a balance act of everything together, Kris
  1. a dark grey day with 4 neon tubes in the little room
  2. the kids were too close to the next, I could not walk through
These restrictions plus a "no flash allowed" and the knowledge of
the end use got me choosing the D3S and the 70~200 ƒ2.8 combo.

The important point is to leave sufficient play room for who ever has
the layout to do and judging if the proposed DoF is enough or not at
the smaller final image size… it is easier to blur than sharpen in PP.

My approach would have been very different if for a normal size final
image or if more room had been available and… :cool:
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Fair enough Daniel, good to hear the circumstances around a shot, explains the concept.
 
Totally agree with Karen :)..........:clap::clap::clap::clap:............but is there a slight hair like blemish on the bridge of the nose going just under the right eye?.....for me a super image for the intended use(y)
 
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hi,
So from my opinion, this is a great image. regardless of from a photographic eye or not, the fact the focus is on the hand and strings is interesting and adds a further dimension, as you can obviously see the concentration of the player's face, by that i mean his attention is on his hands, and that is were the viewer's eye is drawn. "hands", which leads me to my only criticism, and that is i would like to see the other hand, if the arm or very least, part of the bow were framing the bottom of the image, darker than than the other hand. it would really finish it off, (for me).

however well done, great capture of the expression too.
 
tysing said:
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Yes, Tyrone, good observations! :cool:

In the end, I have to keep an eye on the final
use of the image: small at the bottom of a
concert program.

The other thing is how much of a cello does
one need to see to clearly identify the insert-
ment? May the instrument be suggested and
not illustrated, with or without player, etc.

Thanks for your comment.
 
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