Duet

Posted by Josh (Pasadena, United States) on 28 April 2008 in People & Portrait.

I wish I knew what this old-fashioned piano was called, but this young lady was quite adept at playing it, along with the support of the onlooker here. Any help is appreciated :)

Renaissance Pleasure Fair, Irwindale, CA.

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Comments (4)

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

I wish the focus was on the girl, seeing as how she is more the focus of the image - that and the fact that she has a beautiful smile. A fine shot nonetheless. Good job.
p.s. Sorry but I'm unfamiliar with the instrument as well.

28 Apr 2008 9:08am

@Aaron Schmidt: Thanks for the comment Aaron, I also wish I had set up the focus differently but it was a good lesson learned! Appreciate the feedback!

{H} creatives from San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Hi Joshua...sorry it took me a long while to return your visit. Things are still a bit rough. This is a nice capture of the pianist and the "onlooker". The colors are great! Cheers - {H}

28 Apr 2008 9:10am

@{H} creatives: No worries at all, it's good to hear from you! Thank you for the comment and visit, your pblog is inspiring as always...let me know if I can be praying for you in any way. Blessings, Josh.

Tracey from White Hall, United States

Love the colorful costumes. Don't know a thing about the instrument! Sorry! I noticed the DOF was 4.5...perhaps a smaller aperture would have helped with keeping both people in focus. Love the series, BTW!

28 Apr 2008 3:29pm

@Tracey: Thanks Tracey, good to hear from you...sorry I've been M.I.A. for awhile school is getting busier and busier! Anyway, this whole day (fun as it was) was an experiment gone wrong in aperture, because the light was so bad I couldn't go any lower than 4.5...not sure if this was the light or the lens. Anyway, it really made me want to get a portrait lens, maybe a f/1.8. Any tips are of course appreciated but yeah, i wish these had turned out differently!

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

It's a harpsichord. And she is lovely!

3 May 2008 2:17am

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Nikon D40
1/80 second
F/4.5
ISO 400
51 mm (35mm equiv.)