Ok, I took this photo on 31 December 2009, before I went to the NYE at 7th Sector Bintaro. I asked my friend to pick up his guitar and play it, so I can take some photos of it.
For the lighting, I turned off the room light and then I used my desk lamp again. I placed it on the front left side of my friend. But I think it wasnt enough to make a good exposure. 
Some Notes:
- It wasnt a photos with well sharpness and color, so I turned it into black and white and played with contrast a bit in post-processing. I dont know if it’s too bright or not, but in my eyes it was good. Well, I think I need your help to give some feedbacks.
- I really like cropping to 9 x 5 or 8 x 5 in landscape format. It gives me a theater-view like, wide and long, something like that.
Photo Details
- Exposure time 1/6 s
- F-number f/2.8
- Exposure program Normal Program
- ISO speed ratings ISO 400
- Exposure bias value -1.00 eV
- Metering mode Center weighted average
- Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
- Focal length 50 mm
- Handheld
- Canon EOS 450D
- Lens Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Asp IF
Farewell 2009. Welcome 2010.
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3 Comments
I think it looks excellent. B&W really works for this photo, and the lighting made it really nice and contrasty. Good photo!
Thanks Andrew…
Maybe a better title for this photos is “C minor”.
Great use of DoF here, and very nice in B/W! You know, I never think to crop in any other ratio rather than the standard ratios (mainly thinking about if I ever want to print them out and frame them), but I really should try out some different cropping methods and ratios. I think the long ratio of this crop works really well to make your composition more dramatic. Haha… as I’m writing this, my husband is playing the guitar and I’m half tempted to try the shot myself! But I won’t