Hands on Keys

Hey all. This is a photo I took last Thanksgiving at my sister's

house. My eldest sister was playing the piano that night, so I set up

the tripod. I used a lens I got off eBay for $18, which was all I

could afford at the time.

 

I used the shutter cord to release the shutter and hoped for the best.

Timing was crititical, as I was using about 1/8th of a sec for

shutter speed. The only light that was shining directly on the

subject was the light for the sheet notes. There was a small amount

of ambient light coming from the kitchen.

 

I developed in in D76, but alas, I was new to the whole develop thing,

and left a lot of marks on the neg. I spent a good hour retouching

the photo, trying not to alter it.

 

Hope you like it,

Dan O.

Simple.... elegant... beautiful!

I think a tighter crop with more focus on only the music, keyboard and hands would make it better. But good shot non-the-less. Very nice feelings of warmth and beauty flowing.

I've done a crop of your image and cloned out part of her leg. I think this is more intimate.