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Challenge: School Days: Music (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: studio
Date: Feb 13, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3200
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2007

 a picture of a my kid's drum from his very first drumming class -

Soft box above, bounce card angled above left, fill with warm gel to the right bouncing off of a 2x8 piece of foam core

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.9059
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 5.4483
Avg (non-participants): 6.0903
Views since voting: 700
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 202
Comments: 11
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/07/2007 10:30:45 AM
I love the golden highlights on the metal part! Very beautiful!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus E-510
Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
 02/18/2007 04:18:06 PM
I would suggest not relying on the title so much to shoehorn an image into a challenge. Missing the School Days part.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 02/17/2007 04:48:57 PM
Love/dont like. if the strange colors werent reflecting back i'd like it a little better, or maybe you were going for that? Im not sure. But its not horrible...
Sony Alpha a55
Tamron AF 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Konica-Minolta & Sony Alpha
 02/16/2007 03:48:31 PM
Good composition, lighting, color scheme.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
 02/15/2007 04:49:57 PM
I love the lighting in this image, the detail of the side of the drum and the drum sticks, and I like the dof. The red reflection in the drum makes the image stand out. It relates to school (to me) because I only see drums in school bands or orchestra's, not too many people have them lying around the house as a hobby (like guitars for instance). Cool Dude :)
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 02/15/2007 12:14:34 PM
Not many rimshots on those sticks yet - eh? :D
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/14/2007 11:07:02 PM
nice composition and colors
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
 02/14/2007 01:50:12 PM
Nice macro. Good job on the lighting and the comp/crop.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 02/14/2007 12:46:16 PM
Nice use of shallow DOF - a little static for this challenge (photos with people - kids/ teachers/ etc will likely do better) - but I like the image.
Olympus E-10
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 02/14/2007 12:26:59 PM
Illusion of vibration as reflected on the side of the drum makes this foto work for me.
 02/14/2007 07:57:48 AM
nice shot
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