The Rehearsal

[rainbow]

1
http://dwdong.smugmug.com/photos/i-vh2KMCJ/0/XL/i-vh2KMCJ-XL.jpg


2
http://dwdong.smugmug.com/photos/i-W4vDh5G/0/XL/i-W4vDh5G-XL.jpg


3
http://dwdong.smugmug.com/photos/i-LRQGw86/0/XL/i-LRQGw86-XL.jpg

[Richard]

Number 3 is simply wonderful. :clap :clap :clap Looks like #2 is a tighter version, but it's not nearly as effective because all we know is that it's a distorted reflection, but not that it's a reflection from a piano. I like #1 as well. My first thought was that the director is giving the finger to one of the musicians, but on second viewing I realized that it must be his thumb. That probably says more about my mood this morning than it does about the pic. :lol3

Well done, rainbow.

[michswiss]

You're in that reflection in #3 somewhere Rainbow. I know you are! My instinct would be to draw back the highlights in the last somewhat. Not so much to kill the high key, just enough to release some edges and detail.

[bfjr]

1 & 3 for me as well :super

[lizzard_nyc]

Love #3, everything about it, including the conversion!
As to your reflection--I find it very odd that you never appear in reflection shots. I am starting to wonder about you. This coincides with me picking up Bram Stoker's "Dracula"--just sayin.

[bdcolen]

Wonderful work, Rainbow. One is terrific, really capturing the enthusiasm of the teacher. Number two is just too odd for my taste, but three really works. My one suggestion in terms of three - which of course is pretty useless after the fact, would have been to pull back just about a foot or two to get a bit more of the two out of focus students in the shot. But I am nit picking.

[M38A1]

#3 is spectacular. The context is clear from the instant I saw the image. And the crossed feet of the piano player seem like a little bonus (smile) for me. I kind of like the two OOF kids used as a bounding area right and left.

[rainbow]

Number 3 is simply wonderful. :clap :clap :clap Looks like #2 is a tighter version, but it's not nearly as effective because all we know is that it's a distorted reflection, but not that it's a reflection from a piano. I like #1 as well. My first thought was that the director is giving the finger to one of the musicians, but on second viewing I realized that it must be his thumb. That probably says more about my mood this morning than it does about the pic. :lol3

Well done, rainbow.

Thanks! :thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb

[rainbow]

You're in that reflection in #3 somewhere Rainbow. I know you are! My instinct would be to draw back the highlights in the last somewhat. Not so much to kill the high key, just enough to release some edges and detail.

Nope -- not in it...:scratch

I actually like the highlights with just the legs AND the water bottle up top showing.

[rainbow]

1 & 3 for me as well :super

Love #3, everything about it, including the conversion!
As to your reflection--I find it very odd that you never appear in reflection shots. I am starting to wonder about you. This coincides with me picking up Bram Stoker's "Dracula"--just sayin.

Thanks! My reflection doesn't appear unless it is a full moon!:buttkiss :ivar

[rainbow]

Wonderful work, Rainbow. One is terrific, really capturing the enthusiasm of the teacher. Number two is just too odd for my taste, but three really works. My one suggestion in terms of three - which of course is pretty useless after the fact, would have been to pull back just about a foot or two to get a bit more of the two out of focus students in the shot. But I am nit picking.

#3 is spectacular. The context is clear from the instant I saw the image. And the crossed feet of the piano player seem like a little bonus (smile) for me. I kind of like the two OOF kids used as a bounding area right and left.

Thank you. I could not pull back because the camera was probably held between two kids, but I could have cropped wider. I chose not to because the increased area of the two kids began to distract from the center emphasis.

[black mamba]

Very good work. That # 3 is spectacular. It's a " Hall of Fame " entry for sure.

Tom

[rainbow]

Very good work. That # 3 is spectacular. It's a " Hall of Fame " entry for sure.

Tom

Thank you for the "high praise". Would like to see you posting here more!