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Birth of the Cool
Birth of the Cool
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Challenge: Live Music (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: My Living Room
Date: Aug 16, 2005
Aperture: F 2.8
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/25 sec
Galleries: Urban, Performance
Date Uploaded: Aug 16, 2005

 Last minute idea and excecution.

NI, USM for contrast, add a little noise for texture, saturation, crop, resize, USM for sharpness, border, save, submit.

Total time from idea to submission: 25 minutes.

Well.....until I realized it was only Monday night... not Tuesday. I seem to remember Dr. Jones having a similar story to his second place Nude entry. I felt like such a fool.

So I went back and edited it again, this time working from the RAW file, and adjusting the white balance to Tungsten, something I didn't have time for when I thought I was going to be late. I changed the crop a little in the re-edit, and chose to add the border for a more finished look.

I like this photo alot, I hope some of you do as well.

PS. I apologize to those who will criticize that it was not actually a live performance. Here's my problem: I actually play bass in a band, but I was playing all the time during this challenge, so I never had the time to go out a find a band to photograph. It's hard to take self portraits of your own band. This was my only choice. Sorry.

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 210
Avg (all users): 5.5442
Avg (commenters): 6.6923
Avg (participants): 5.2791
Avg (non-participants): 5.6268
Views since voting: 932
Views during voting: 484
Votes: 362
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Nikon D100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 08/22/2005 06:43:49 PM
Dosen't say Live Music to me. 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 08/22/2005 02:28:22 PM
sweet!! i love the angle!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Mavica CD350
 08/21/2005 04:21:37 PM
I love it!! Speechless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-5
Olympus 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 08/21/2005 03:07:41 AM
The piano support the picture... I like it much!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 08/20/2005 01:04:13 PM
Good use of color & focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Sigma
 08/20/2005 10:27:26 AM
cool but is it live?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/19/2005 12:45:37 PM
One of my favorite jazz album ever!! :) Nice use of depth of field.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-D60
 08/19/2005 03:51:06 AM
nice shot, nice depth of field
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 08/18/2005 04:33:45 PM
great composition and dof. one of the better shot's I've seen in this challenge. 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon
 08/17/2005 10:38:35 PM
I am a Fender man. nice . My only problem is, it is alittle grainy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak DX7590
 08/17/2005 08:57:50 PM
I like the focus in this picture... and the amount of depth you got on this one :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 08/17/2005 03:13:39 PM
nice instrument collage fun focus....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/17/2005 01:08:08 PM
Great composition, love the piano in the background. Grain works well. Dof is spot on, just covering the text. Camera angle works well. White balance is a little on the yellow side for my taste. One of my favourites so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/17/2005 12:04:22 PM
Nice lines - 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II/III USM
 08/17/2005 07:47:11 AM
I would have liked to have seen the fingers playing the Fender in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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