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Playing the Blues
Playing the Blues
Viking054


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Challenge: Painting With Light II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A85
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: Feb 27, 2006
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 50
Shutter: 6.0s
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2006

 The Jazzman isn't doing so well in the duotone challenge, so I thought I'd give him another try in Painting with Light II.

For this one, I used two moving light sources. I used an LED flashlight for the "music" and a 40 watt desk lamp to light the background. I made the music first, just to be sure it looked like it was coming from the saxophone, then grabbed the lamp and flipped it on and off once while sweeping it past the figure. Took a million tries to get it right!

Processing:
Curves, Saturation, Channel Mixer, Curves, Neat Image, Unsharp Mask, Border

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 187
Avg (all users): 6.4970
Avg (commenters): 7.8824
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Views since voting: 2652
Views during voting: 601
Votes: 332
Comments: 20
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/08/2006 12:16:43 PM
Cool! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 03/08/2006 01:35:47 AM
My highest finish yet! I only wish I'd had more time to get the lighting perfect! Thanks for all the comments :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D600
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 03/07/2006 04:24:13 PM
I just feel it : this must be the winner. !!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 03/07/2006 05:46:42 AM
very cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 03/06/2006 06:05:33 PM
what a cool idea! I love this photo...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S2 IS
 03/05/2006 05:43:47 PM
well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 03/05/2006 04:59:20 PM
Awesome.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/03/2006 09:10:20 PM
Clever.....
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 03/03/2006 04:43:26 PM
A great Idea. I love the photo and will be marking it well for this reason. However, I feel that the light should start a little higher up so that it would look as though it was comming out of the saxaphone and not from behind. This is not a critisism just my opinion. Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
03/03/2006 02:05:35 PM
you won Congrats
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2006 05:33:31 PM
Nice job, I really like it. Not so fond of the orange background though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron AF 100-300mm f/5-6.3 for Canon
 03/02/2006 11:43:24 AM
What a great photo! Even though it's a statue, I can feel him playing!
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
 03/02/2006 02:01:25 AM
Sax light
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/01/2006 10:20:45 PM
The blue and orange complement nicely. The statue is an interesting subject. 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 03/01/2006 04:38:34 PM
How creative and clever!!!! Very cool looking image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/01/2006 03:50:54 PM
Really good idea! If only the light were aligned with the bell of the horn it'd be fantastic. Not sur why you didn't re-shoot it until you got it spot on.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 03/01/2006 03:14:50 PM
Hey I recognize this guy from duotones, still a good fire effect though.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
 03/01/2006 09:37:50 AM
I could see this as a collection of art in a jazz club. Very creative and eye-catching. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/01/2006 02:20:12 AM
nice shot
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 03/01/2006 01:52:41 AM
Awesome, I SO want to see how you made that lol!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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