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I like sometimes to think about musical instruments as something that gives the human soul a shape. And, among the whole variety of wind instruments, saxophone is the one that best represents the shape itself of human breath, which, in turn, is so strictly tied to life and therefore to our soul.Roberto Garelli
Sep. 2, 2007
Marcorengo, Brusasco, Italy
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Tenth image in my "On Stage " series.
Please see the full "On Stage " and "Jazz " series.
Winner of *WordoftheWeek 's Sep. 24-30, 2007 contest: Wind, as in wind instrument.
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Beautiful colors, DOF, and framing. It's just a perfect picture. Excellent shot!
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thank you so much, for the 
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Congrats on winning word of the weeks contest! Very cool piece, and a deserved 1st place.
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Lovely, still waiting for pictures some friends promised me of their sax(s), so I can continue my Jazz series of paintings. It was a nice reminder to run into this photo. Beautiful angle, love the sense of movement in the background.
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your jazz paintings are really cool. your essential style makes the concept stand out.
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I love Vocal Jazz & Blues music. I love the sound the instrument makes & how certain people make them weep, or sing; basically come alive. I cannot paint people, something I will have to remedy eventually, but in this Jazz series I wanted just the instruments at rest before they come alive. Like a performer just before the curtain rises. Ready! Anticipating!
Thank you so much for the fav.s & for this comment.
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jazz is good to watch, not just listen to. and the instruments play a role in this, since they are beautiful per se and -as you told- their sound is a pleasure and can have so many different shades of tone.
about musicians... i love the way they usually understand each other in improvisations, the looks and glances, the way they underline with a smile some good solo played by a fellow... all of this can be very very hard to render with a painting. however i think that you could represent jazz musicians' poses with your painting style...
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It is something I have considered ( capturing those poses, glances or even just the hands), but it would require very good pictures & I hate intruding on them esp. when they are playing. I do have one Salsa band who has given me permission to photograph them whenever they perform.
Thank you for your kind words & for giving my ideas directions.
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i think that trying to paint musicians while they're playing can be an impossible task, if you want to catch details. you can effectively start from photographs - even if i suppose there's not the same thrill, unless it's you who took them or you know they are not official photos the musician was posing for.
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Yes, you are absolutely right.
Here is a link of a painting my friend Ckp just submitted. [link]
He is usually a social activist painter, & we often do not see eye-to-eye, but I do love his skill & his commitment.
As this one is about the bond we have been talking about between a musician & his music (instrument) I thought you might enjoy it.
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thanks, it's a beautiful painting indeed. however its style is different from yours... i'd say you go a bit toward minimalism and abstract, while that ckp's painting looks more impressionistic.
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thank you, for the
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I can't help thinking it looks like a slightly curious snake... 
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thanks mate. yes it has a snaky appearance indeed....
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Wonderful shot! Been a long time since I've seen a sax mouthpiece up close like that. Not since I was playing one in high school in fact. 
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so you played saxophone? what kind of music?
thanks, for the
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You're welcome. 
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well it's ggod, at least you had a chance to play your instrument for some years.
i played drums when i was at high school, but it was too noisy for everybody around, so i had to quit. my career as a drummer was very short, just a couple of months.
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Sorry to hear you couldn't fullfill your dream of being a drummer - maybe some day you can take it up again. Never too late to start.
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if my daughter decides to study drums, i will follow
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Reminds me of some kind of snakes that rise up to the sound of flute
Anyway, great extraction of shape and ingenious capture.
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thanks
yes it has a serpentine resemblance somehow... even more if you think about the turnarounds that musician's blow runs into it to produce sounds
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Great picture, lighting, and use of depth of field !
Maybe I'd change the name for "The snake" 
Laurent
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great work!
i love the out focus,
i thought it was impossible on such a small distance
(? no post production?)
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thanks, mate
no postproduction (except for choosing the correct white balance).
the long lens (250mm) and the wide open iris (f/7.1) together did the trick... i was about a couple of meters far from the sax.
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Great light and colors. The wide border really sets it up wonderfully.
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