Cello

Alright I am back for more punishment. What do you like/dislike and how would you change it?

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Why punishment ?
It's a very well taken photograph.
Good lighting, great clarity.

A slight question mark about what looks like a person's shoulder
in the background.

I like the shot even without the strings, just showing the classic
fiddle shape. Done this way, one would need to clone out the
base of the bridge that would show.

Very good work
eland

I like it!
After looking at all the bird pics here, the first thing that went through my mind was, "So that's what they look like without the feathers!"

Eland: I am not sure what you mean by shoulder mark. Could you be more specific?

Because I forgot these the first time here are the EXIF values
2004:05:04 01:11:17
7.2-28.8mm @ 15.8mm
Subject dist: 0.99m
1/5 sec, f/3.5
Mode: Manual
Metering: Center-weighted average
ISO: 50
AF mode: Continuous AF
Drive: Single frame shooting
Self-timer: 2 secs
White balance: Custom2
Flash: Off

Vince

It's only a very minor point.
If you scroll the cello image down on your screen to exclude the the strings,
when the composition looks right, you'll notice that a small piece of the
bridge still shows (pale yellow.)
If you used that composition it would be necessary to clone it out or it
would spoil the image.

It's a very good image either way.

Regards
eland

OK vfilby here some "punishment".

It is a nice picture .... AUCH!
The background with this silk black is very good .... OOOH!
Good lighting .... POW!
Nice sharpness and brillance .... SLASH!

BUT

I would rotate the image a bit clockwise. If you use photoshop, draw a guide between the 2nd and 3rd string. You will see that or:

1. at the left end of the picture the distance between the guide and the
2nd string and the guide and 3rd string the distance is not the same

2. or the distance between the guide and the 2nd knob and the distance
between the guide and the 3rd knob on the right side of the picture is
different.

This means the "longitudinal" centre of the cello is actually not parallel with the bottom edge of the picture. I would correct that.