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Challenge: School Days: Music (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: Kitchen Table
Date: Feb 13, 2007
Aperture: 9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2007

 Wow! Thanks for all the comments on this picture!
My old clarinet over sheet music. SB-800 flash was bounced off the wall for lighting.
In PS- Saved raw file as 16-bit tiff. Converted to 32-bit and tonemapped then converted to 8-bit file. Rotated, cropped, adjusted levels, hue / saturation, and contrast, neat image twice, usm, then saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 183
Avg (all users): 6.8473
Avg (commenters): 8.2222
Avg (participants): 6.5385
Avg (non-participants): 6.9536
Views since voting: 5703
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 203
Comments: 53
Favorites: 15 (view)

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 02/25/2007 10:22:47 AM
Great shot, congratulations.
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 02/24/2007 03:44:23 PM
I play clarinet and i love any pictures that have to do with music. Great angle, the music should have been actual clarinet music and not another instruments.
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 02/23/2007 11:39:14 AM
This is superb, Mike! Love the composition and lighting. Many congrats on your ribbon!
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 02/23/2007 05:22:55 AM
Love the detail and smoothness of your lighting. Good work!
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 02/22/2007 10:26:47 AM
Technically outstanding, but terribly unoriginal
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 02/22/2007 09:05:36 AM
Nice shot...what did you use to get your golden tone...

I have this sheet music at home :-D . Your picture made me get it out and play it..
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 02/22/2007 06:02:37 AM
The golden, almost vintage hues makes this shot for me...Many Congrats!!!
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 02/22/2007 05:41:06 AM
So glad this won a ribbon. It was one of my favorites!
 02/22/2007 03:24:14 AM
Nice clarity, well done and congrats!
 02/21/2007 12:51:15 PM
Congratulations. Nice photo and glad it was appreciated.
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 02/21/2007 12:43:13 PM
Lovely lighting and colors! Congrats on the ribbon!
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 02/21/2007 11:58:40 AM
Lovely. Congrats on your ribbon!!!
It brings back memories for me...I played the clarinet when I was younger. :)
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 02/21/2007 10:49:43 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon. A beautiful picture, I really like this one!
 02/21/2007 06:06:03 AM
Amazing shot - love it!!Congrats on the yellow ribbon!!
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 02/21/2007 04:11:57 AM
Nice light and tones, congratulations on winning the yellow ribbon!
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 02/21/2007 02:33:17 AM
Beautiful! Love it and congrats!
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 02/21/2007 01:37:58 AM
Fantastic job and congrats! While there were several other images that had the same components as your entry, you were able to give the image almost a three dimensional feel due to the use of post processing.
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 02/21/2007 12:19:10 AM
That's a VERY nice job of PP, dude. Really.... 'Grats on the ribbon.
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 02/20/2007 07:17:00 PM
Stunning. Congrats on another ribbon.
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 02/20/2007 07:11:27 PM
Nice result. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 02/20/2007 07:06:29 PM
I gave this an 8 too bad i never finished voting!
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 02/20/2007 07:06:26 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon!!! Indeed a great image!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2007 06:40:40 PM
simple composition for a simple piece... nice!
 02/20/2007 05:51:17 PM
I love the tones.
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 02/20/2007 05:10:20 PM
Great focus, lighting, tone... a warm image, full of details.
Bump: 10.
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 02/20/2007 05:28:21 AM
For a still type photo you did a nice job here. I light the soft, warm feel of the lighting. Gold reflector? The clarinet is well focused. Not sure about the corner to corner positioning, seems a bit too symmetrical. JMO of course. :D Good luck in the challenge.
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 02/19/2007 10:31:56 AM
I like the square crop with the diagonal clarinet... nice lighting too.
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 02/19/2007 05:11:36 AM
I love clarinets ! ! !
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 02/18/2007 10:21:47 AM
10!
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 02/17/2007 11:24:27 PM
beautiful...great lighting, great composition...excellent detail, great as a sq crop...my favourite in this challenge
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 02/17/2007 04:54:42 PM
This has a very victorian feel to it. The color, the yellowish tones. Very well done.
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 02/17/2007 05:56:04 AM
outstanding clarity, colors and light, this should be a shoe in for a ribbon. Elegant image, grats
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 02/17/2007 02:41:13 AM
Great colors and texture. Well composed.
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 02/15/2007 08:33:40 PM
While very much a still life, this is beautifully done: I like the wamr hues and the soft focus. Classic image.
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 02/15/2007 07:19:47 PM
Lovely! The focus and the colors are perfect! 10
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 02/15/2007 04:49:26 PM
nice soft lighting.
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 02/15/2007 10:37:54 AM
Great shot....very pleasing to look at!
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 02/15/2007 08:22:58 AM
simple, to the point, great creamy colors. Very nice.
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 02/15/2007 04:43:49 AM
Very nice photo.
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 02/14/2007 06:26:33 PM
v nice if symmetrical composition. nice textures and lighting. pleasing and mellow
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 02/14/2007 04:31:05 PM
Nicely symmetrical. I like the undulating musical score paper. It's a rich effect, all-in-all. 9. (ps I think this will do better than mine. Yours is the richer image).
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 02/14/2007 03:53:21 PM
I love the color and how sharp it is.
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 02/14/2007 10:23:56 AM
I actually really like the lighting on this... this is a great job!
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 02/14/2007 09:58:49 AM
The is a good image. The detail on the clarinet is outstanding. The positioning of the instrument across the image is well done and the choice of music behind the image is also well chosen. I think it could have been a little better if the music were a slight bit brighter, but I am getting picky!
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 02/14/2007 09:21:35 AM
very nice. like the soft, warm light.
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 02/14/2007 09:08:26 AM
Looks so real, I feel like I could touch it. Very nice.
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 02/14/2007 07:38:58 AM
Beautiful! I love the tones and colors. In my top five.
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 02/14/2007 07:31:54 AM
Beautiful lighting
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 02/14/2007 02:07:45 AM
I like the soft look of this. It makes it aged, similar to traditional music.
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 02/13/2007 08:28:44 PM
Nice rich lighting and good detail.
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 02/13/2007 07:45:13 PM
Strong composition and good lighting.
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 02/13/2007 07:35:44 PM
Love the tones and softness here. An easy standout , and my first fave of the challenge.
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Yep one of my favorites alright *bump*
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 02/13/2007 07:25:16 PM
Nicely lit. The color in the paper blends well with the instrument, giving the whole picture that "warm" look. There were a lot of "instrument on sheets of music" shots, but I think this was the best.
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