Music Lesson, originally uploaded by Martin~.
Wandering up to Brisbane Square, as I often do most lunch hours, I came across these gentlemen with what appeared to be an end blown flute. Having dabbled with Irish penny whistles and and an old school fife (circa 1970), curiosity got the better of me and I was politely informed that the instrument is a Turkish ney. Kindly consenting to be photographed during their music lesson I learned that the gentleman on the right was responsible for both crafting the instrument and was also providing his pupil (on the left) with instruction on its use. From what I could hear of the sound it reminded me of the lower range of notes my daughter produces on her traditional flute, low, haunting, but beautifully melodic.
At the time I thought this would be a tricky exposure given the dark coat worn by the subject in the foreground and the back lighting from the sky, thus the image was exposed by spot metering the subjects' hands. The original image has been mildly sharpened and converted to monochrome using a third party pseudo channels plug-in compatible with Photoshop Elements.
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Martin, this is another fine example of your developing street style. I like the way your explanation of the moment adds so much to the scene and gives little glimpses of life on Brisbane streets. Although the composition is strong, it is the metering (spot suggests Leica) that allows the subject to be the focus of the shot and the sky to blow out unobtrusively so that there is no want to see any detail from that part anyway. Great story told from a well thought through shot.
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