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The sound of music
1st PlaceThe sound of music
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Challenge: Musicians (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Date: Sep 5, 2013
Aperture: f/2
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/100s
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2013

 Another blue ribbon in a row? Are you kidding me? I'm sooooo happy!!
Truth to be said, I really didn't expect this pic to score so high. I actually wasn't sure if I would submit it at all, as the nun on the left is a little bit cut out of the frame, which I wasn't happy over. But then I thought that it's the moment that count's, specially with street photography, where there is no chance to get the same scene twice for another take. At the end I liked the atmosphere of the picture after I processed it in Silver Efex Pro and decided to submit it.
Ironically enough, the whole shooting took maybe couple of minutes, I was on my way home one late evening with my family, when I so this accordionist on the main square in my home city. Without having too much hope, I thought anyway that it might be an interesting take for this challenge and decided to take some shots, where this one happened to ribbon. So many times before, though, I didn't manage to score so high even when I spent much, much more time both shooting and processing various pictures (and which I liked a lot). Ah, such is life, full of surprises!
Even more ironical is the following: after I won ribbon in my previous challenge, the first one after 3,5 years of competing here, my wife asked me what my next DPC goal is. I answered that I don't have any particular goals, I just want to make some good shots and improve in my photography. When she insisted, then I said that now, once I had a blue ribbon in my hands, my next goal will have to be a score above 7. Never in my life would I think that that will come true in the very next challenge!

Thank you very much for your votes and very kind and honest comments!

P.S. About the photo itself: I tried to frame the accordionist against the jackpot lady in the background, and it looked kind of cool, but there wasn't a wow factor in it. At the same time there were passing many people and the background was very cluttered. Then just all of a sudden I saw 2 nuns entering the frame and I thought that this cannot be true; how often does this happen?! I started shooting like crazy, hoping to get the clean background and sharp picture with right focus. When I checked my cameras display, it directly seemed as my wishes were fullfilled!

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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/21/2013 10:16:30 AM
3 level jackpot indeed!
 09/19/2013 09:21:03 AM
Congrats on the well deserved ribbon!
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 09/18/2013 07:59:22 PM
Yes! Many Congrats, Goran!
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/18/2013 10:09:20 AM
a touch of genius . . .
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/18/2013 04:04:03 AM
Congrats on the blue - an awesome shot in every way and a fabulous story!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 09/18/2013 03:37:59 AM
Congrats seeing and catching the moment. Deserved Blue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 09/18/2013 03:37:23 AM
Congratulations,what a great moment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm x100
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/17/2013 11:54:00 PM
Ha. Divine.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
 09/17/2013 10:56:39 PM
watch the nun on the left 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
09/17/2013 07:55:25 PM
Excellent street shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 09/16/2013 09:48:25 PM
Excellent happenstance!!! The Good, The Evil, and the Musician
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sigma DP1x
09/16/2013 05:21:33 PM
So many worlds colliding here. Great title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot SX30
 09/16/2013 03:55:57 PM
My Favrt.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/16/2013 03:40:43 PM
In my top 3 - brilliant!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/16/2013 07:27:02 AM
A wonderful clash of morals. Love your title too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/16/2013 02:05:21 AM
He wanted to play, only Nun were interested. ;-) Great capture. I'd give it a counterfeit PH Blue, but Don has a cease & desist order. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
 09/15/2013 10:10:59 AM
I think this is my favourite - also love the title and the black and white :D Well caught.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 09/11/2013 08:53:37 PM
my eyes goes to the jackpot... don't know why, maybe cause it's brighter?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 09/11/2013 08:33:11 PM
Interesting assortment of characters among the musician, nuns, and poster woman. The nuns are surely praying, "oh, please, Lord, make him stop playing that godawful instrument."
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7R V
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 09/11/2013 05:09:47 PM
very nice scene - the background adds some extra humour
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 09/11/2013 11:01:02 AM
oh what a shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 09/11/2013 10:37:41 AM
Lovely stuff. Sure this is not set up. 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 09/11/2013 10:01:21 AM
This is great on so many levels! WoW! Hope it does well! Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D500
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 09/11/2013 09:33:19 AM
hehe, the story here is brilliant and a antitheses. Well seen
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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