Today, I grabbed this shot of late afternoon sunlight splayed on one of my fake books and a couple of prints draped on our acoustic piano. Does it strike a chord or am I off key?

Jer

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Nice shot Jer and it does strike a cord alright, we seem to have the same fake book. :-)

[Ole]

Yes it does. I do find the shadow on the music too pronounced though.

[Jimbo]

Nicely done but I have to agree with Ole on this my my friend. I love the shot but the shadow soes throw it off a bit. JIM

[roentarre]

Excellent lighting there. Good image in deed.

[daacon]

Well Jer this one does nothing for me - perhaps I need another coffee but I got nothing for ya haha. It may be my musical talent ended in Grade 5 with the recorder haha. I love the Piano though one of our favorite spots in Vegas is a little dualing piano bar.

[mikeSF]

it's a good concept...flip over to "The Way We Were" and place a woman's wedding band in view on the piano, and now you've got touching photographic "gold".

i'm just playing' a little... but in this shot, i am also bothered by the heavy shadow on the music page as well as the comb binding of the book. i definitely like the idea, definitely.

[Sailor]

Nice shot Jer and it does strike a cord alright, we seem to have the same fake book. :-)

Thanks, Heinrich - the book happened to be open to an old DooWop tune - Tears on my Pillow; these things are pretty good jamming tunes since the there are plenty of chord changes but they're not too demanding.

Jer

Well Jer this one does nothing for me - perhaps I need another coffee but I got nothing for ya haha. It may be my musical talent ended in Grade 5 with the recorder haha. I love the Piano though one of our favorite spots in Vegas is a little dualing piano bar.

What you need, buddy, is some "old time rock n' roll".

Jer

Excellent lighting there. Good image in deed.

Thanks much, James.

Jer

[Sailor]

Yes it does. I do find the shadow on the music too pronounced though.

Nicely done but I have to agree with Ole on this my my friend. I love the shot but the shadow soes throw it off a bit. JIM

it's a good concept...flip over to "The Way We Were" and place a woman's wedding band in view on the piano, and now you've got touching photographic "gold".

i'm just playing' a little... but in this shot, i am also bothered by the heavy shadow on the music page as well as the comb binding of the book. i definitely like the idea, definitely.

Thanks guys for the excellent feedback. The irony is I was attracted to the scene precisely because of the shadow on the manuscript, which - for some reason - prompted memories of rehersals when I was a working tenor man. Your comments are terrific reminders that things like nostolgia may not translate to others.

Anyway, if the window design will allow a shadowless version, I'll give a try this PM.

Again, thanks for the great ideas.

Jer

[Sailor]

Today, I took another whack at this shot with a different lens (DA 35) and at a slightly different time to avoid (as best I could) a shadow. I also flipped the pages and uncovered a remarkably appropriate title*. Can you dig this or should I go back to squirrels and birds?**

Jer





*I discovered, to my horror, that this is a tune by Lionel Richie; I've never heard it and don't want to.

**Dave (daacon), please don't respond; I can't deal with the rejection.