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Archive 2006 · #233: Play It Again

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Photon wrote:
Scrumptious!
I thought idly of using our Edison wax cylinder player, but seeing this...forget that!
Absolutely a beautiful job. Regardless of any other entries or comparisons of any nature, on its own merits, this image is off the scale.

Jess,

Thank you for your wonderful compliment. Your kindness is definitely "off the scale."

Best regards,
Robert

Jan 02, 2007 at 12:47 PM

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Nice work! But, the angle seems wrong. It's been a long time since I dealt with a turntable but it looks to me as though the direction of rotation is backwards. Did you reverse the image left to right?

Jan 03, 2007 at 08:10 AM

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DixPix wrote:
Nice work! But, the angle seems wrong. It's been a long time since I dealt with a turntable but it looks to me as though the direction of rotation is backwards. Did you reverse the image left to right?

You are very observent; most record players turn the platter clockwise, and the arm is on the right side of the platter when viewed from the front. This one, however, was just the opposite, as you can see from the photo, which has not been reversed. This would be an interesting subject to research if I can find the time.

Thanks for your comments.

Robert

Jan 03, 2007 at 08:58 AM

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Robert, I guess I missed this one the first time through. This appears to be a very good reproduction with the minor distress on the wooden frame and bit of corrosion on the needle assembly. Very nice take on the theme and a great shot. I would never have thought when I was in high school that it would ever be difficult to find a turn table...I guess they have sort of gone the way of the buggy whip.

Jan 03, 2007 at 09:44 AM

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Tom,

Thank you for your comments; however, I am a bit concerned that you missed it the first time through.

I still have my high-end turntable, and a vast collection of records from the sixties and seventies. All of a sudden I have the urge to hook up the turntable and give the Beach Boys a spin - that is if there is a phono jack on the back of my more recent receiver.

Best regards,
Robert

Jan 03, 2007 at 11:22 AM

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Beautiful shot. The lighting sets the mood for the shot, can imagine sitting back and listening to some music to go with the times, maybe some jazz and with a coffee in hand. Well done. Happy new year to you and Jane

Jan 03, 2007 at 01:57 PM

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Happy New Year to you and your family, as well, Gotsy. Thanks, as always, for the kind words.

Best regards,
Robert

Jan 03, 2007 at 02:52 PM

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Robert,

I really love this shot the composition and lighting are perfect (IMHO). I also love the tone, did you achive this with the lighting or is there some post processing in play here.

Great job!! I am just getting back in the groove here at FM and hope I can begin to hone my skills to produce work such as this.

Jon

Jan 05, 2007 at 04:13 PM

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jmkenton wrote:
Robert,

I really love this shot the composition and lighting are perfect (IMHO). I also love the tone, did you achive this with the lighting or is there some post processing in play here.

Great job!! I am just getting back in the groove here at FM and hope I can begin to hone my skills to produce work such as this.

Jon

Jon,

Welcome back to the FM site, and thank you for your generous compliment. The tone is pretty much as it was shot, but it took some post processing to achieve, if that makes any sense. The shot was taken late afternoon with the ambient light coming through a window to the left and back of the camera. For the backlighting I used a strobe off camera, set at -1 and fired manually during the open shutter. I think that the exposure was around 13 seconds.

I almost always shoot in camera raw, and I have found that when I convert to sRGB for the web I have to do some tweaking in levels and/or curves and in the hues and saturation in order to bring the colors and contrast back to where they should be, or were originally.

Some professionals refer to sRGB as "satanic" RGB. Others aren't so diplomatic, calling it "shi---" RGB.

Without some post processing, one or the other is what you would normally get when converting for the web,

Robert

Jan 05, 2007 at 05:15 PM

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Wonderful lighting and composition as usual! Also great thought in regards to theme. A sure winner!

Jan 06, 2007 at 06:30 AM

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Marco,

It is good to hear from you again. Thank you for your vote of confidence, but there have been several good entries posted during the three weeks of this contest, and my first goal has to be simply to make the finals.

Best regards,
Robert

Jan 07, 2007 at 08:20 PM

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p.2 #12 · p.2 #12 · #233: Play It Again

This is so lovely. And, after seeing this in macro you have to wonder how vinyl ever survived the needle!

Jan 10, 2007 at 10:53 PM

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