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Since I got my new compact camera, the Panasonic LX100, I've been trying to know what are its strengths and weaknesses. This is a test I did while at work. I naturally use my full frame DSLR cameras for this type of assignment but I also put the little LX100 to test to see how it performed under such difficult lighting.
-This is a JPEG straight from the camera and apart from some minor adjustments in LR I didn't process the file.
-WB was pretty good I thought, it was set to Auto.
-Detail and sharpness aren't bad at all but the difference with a FF camera is pretty big.
-Auto focus was quick and accurate enough, so no complaints here.
-DR is quite good but again it can't compete with a FF sensor. Highlights specially I find suffer from a loss of detail.
-No noise reduction applied but some noise is visible in the highlight and shadow areas even at ISO 800. Not terrible but again this camera could not be used for professional work under these conditions.
-The one thing I love about this camera is the dedicated dial for aspect ratios. This photo was taken using the 16:9 ratio, which I am liking a lot. It is nice to previsualize these different ratios and not have to wait until one is at the computer processing the images.
-Handling is pretty good even for somebody with big hands like me.
All in all, I think for a compact camera the Lumix LX100 is pretty decent and a very enjoyable piece of equipment. I feel confident enough to take this camera everywhere with me knowing that for most situations I will be able to produce some decent quality images. However, for these lighting conditions the LX100 has its limitations. For other better lit scenes there is a noticeable improvement. I will do more tests one I find a decent software that can handle its RAW files.
Edit: I just found out Adobe Lightroom 5.7 and DNG Converter 8.7 have been released and include the codec for the Lumis LX100 RW2 raw files!!!! yeeeeeepiiii
Taken on Saturday 5th March 2016 of Chester Philharmonic Orchestra as they rehearsed for their concert that evening. This concert featured:
Beethoven: Overture Fidelio
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
Conductor - David Chatwin
Soloist: Qian Wu
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Wippen Spoons and springs of the world's most successful and renowned piano manufacturer, Steinway. These finely tuned mechanisms power the keys of a line of pianos that have been played by more great pianists than any other. Shot with a Lumix S1R and a Laowa Probe lens, 106 images at various focal distances have been stacked together, giving this photo an almost Kubrickesque quality that appears more science fiction than classical music.
Deep inside the action (the moving parts) of one of the world's finest grand pianos. Fazioli make around 100 of these instruments a year, each handcrafted with over 8000 individual parts. Shot with a Lumix S1R and a Laowa Probe lens, 100 images at various focal distances have been stacked together for sharpness from front to back, giving a distinct architectural appearance reminiscent of a concert hall or film set.
The bass note strings of the world's most successful and renowned piano manufacturer, Steinway. These are the vocal chords of a line of pianos that have been played by more great pianists than any other. Shot with a Lumix S1R and a Laowa Probe lens, 80 images at various focal distances have been stacked together, giving the impression that one is tightrope walking some great suspension bridge.
... The Spiritual World is here and now and indisputably and preeminently real. It is the material world that is the realm of shadows.
Words by Amelia E. Barr
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Celebrate the magic of Christmas at this snowy destination. Enjoy
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club and French-speaking community await to share the holiday spirit.
This lovely young woman was playing her violin in the fountains, followed by delighted children- when she had finished playing, I asked if it was a professional photo shoot (lots of people were videoing and photographing her), and she explained that she was conquering her performance anxiety by playing here after work- she offered to play me another piece while I photographed her.... Beautiful, talented and kind! I asked if she was busking, and if I could make a contribution, but she politely refused! Sweet girl!
Photographer: Fred H. Politinsky
Subject: Violist Brett Deubner
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---- Brett Deubner
Brett Deubner, one of this generations's most accomplished violists, has inspired worldwide critical acclaim for his powerful intensity and sumptuous tone.
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When Jeffrey challenged me in the Get Pushed group, neither he nor I knew what would result. Jeffrey's challenge was "We all know you're an avid music fan (ZZ Top comes to mind) as well, but in keeping with the "old is new" theme I'm proposing, I'd like to see your interpretation of music that is no longer considered modern, or even classic rock. I want to see what happens when you have a camera in hand and start thinking of classical music. Baroque, romantic, whatever. Will you consider a trip to the planetarium while listening to Gustav Holst? Perhaps a night at the opera while blasting some Richard Wagner? I'll leave that up to you. I'm just curious how you'd approach the style......."
Classical music....... I listen to many forms of music, and classical is a favorite. There is one piece that stands out above the rest for me, a piece that has been a favorite since I was in my teens. Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. The opening strains are the plaintive cry of Bohemia to me. I close my eyes and I see gypsies in the night, broken hearts, unrequited love. Desperate yearning. As the piece continues, that yearning is resolved into celebration and granduer.
But how to express such a piece of music visually? I remember a time long before I was married, long before I had met my wife. I listened to the opening movement late into the night. This was the piece of music that represented my yearning for the woman who would become the love of my life. I never knew if I would reach the second movement, let alone the third. But I would spend long hours at night yearning and dreaming of the woman that I love. This image represents me from those times, late in the night.
Thank you Jeffrey, for a wonderful challenge, and for inspiring me to give this gift to my wife. She may skin me when she sees I used her wedding dress, but nothing else would do.
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♫ Janine Jansen ~ Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 ♫
Cellist Anna Menzies playing as part of the Gildas Quartet
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The lovely Anna, Felix and Jens gave a wonderful concert last night. Thanks, we enjoyed it and good luck with the rest of your anniversary tour!
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is a Dutch academy of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is the largest music academy in the Netherlands, offering programs in classical music, jazz, pop, early music, music education, and opera.
History
The oldest predecessor of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam was founded in 1884 as the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium, four years before the completion of the Concertgebouw. In 1920 a competing music academy was established in Amsterdam by a society called 'Muzieklyceum'. The Bachzaal, used by the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium, was completed in 1931.
In 1976, the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium, Conservatory of the Muzieklyceum Society, and the Haarlems Muzieklyceum merged to form the Sweelinck Conservatorium. This "new" academy of music moved to the former savings bank building in the Van Baerlestraat in 1985. In 1994 the Sweelinck Conservatorium merged with Hilversums Conservatorium to form the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. From 1998 its training programmes took place in their facilities in Van Baerlestraat and the Nieuwe Vaart. In 2008 the school moved to Oosterdokseiland.
Building
Since April 21, 2008, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam has its home in a new building at the Oosterdokseiland, near Amsterdam Central Station. The new building is centrally located in a cultural area, including the 'Muziekgebouw' with three concert halls for classical music and jazz, and the public library. Other faculties of the Amsterdam University of the Arts (Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Dutch) are within walking distance.
This new complex is designed and equipped to current standards. Students can organize solo or ensemble concerts, create interesting projects with other music students or students from other art disciplines. They also make their own posters and flyers, sell tickets, or record their concerts in one of the concert halls and broadcast them on the internet radio at the CvA website.
The design, by Dutch architect Frits van Dongen, is based on the 'Engawa model', the Japanese way of building, where the corridors are situated next to the outer walls of the building and the concert halls, classrooms and study rooms, within. Large windows in the front transmits sufficient daylight into the rooms. This building method is intended to enable students to study without being disturbed, while corridors keep noises out.
The new building contains three units. At ground level there are four halls:
Bernard Haitinkzaal, a large hall with 450 seats
Amsterdam Blue Note, a hall for jazz and pop concerts, which seats 200
Sweelinckzaal, a recital hall with 120 seats
Theaterzaal, which seats 50
The Bernard Haitinkzaal and Sweelinckzaal have windows which transmit daylight, which is exceptional for a concert hall. All halls have recording equipment, so that each concert or playing exam can be recorded. There is also a foyer and a canteen at ground level.
At the next level there are four floors with lesson and classrooms and on top of these there are two floors with the library, a lecture hall and study rooms.
Acoustic planning was by Akoestisch bureau Peutz, who researched the acoustic requirements of the lesson and study rooms and concert halls.
In this moment lies the true magic of a concert: the music has faded, hearts have been touched, and the soloist receives the applause – and the flowers – with a smile full of gratitude.
I was walking down LaSalle Street in Chicago and from a few blocks away I head music...beautiful music...it was like being at the opera. Classical music, accompanied by a trumpet. It just made all my cares and worries melt away. As I got closer, I saw a man on the corner (of Monroe and LaSalle), outside of Starbucks. He moved me so much, I had to take his picture. I hope this picture makes its way to him. He is a light in a dark world...
I documented this band on the nearby place from the city due North side of the town is mostly populated with shopping mall plaza with Condominiums. I think the music band not only adds color to the city itself but also builds up a bright mood to the atmosphere for the pedestrians living around the area.
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Since many of my artist friends know I was a musician, I thought I'd offer a couple of short samples of my old piano performances. These are on a standard upload site (Hightail), used by business etc, so if you want them, they're wholly safe. I'm offering if you desire. If not, please enjoy the image.
They're about 3 minutes each:
The 1st is Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude", performed in the 1980s. The recording-quality isn't great, as it's from an old recital. But it's clear. The 2d was an assignment, where we were asked to play "in the style" of Chopin: It was improvised; but know that we all brought lots of experience to our improvs, so it's hardly "on the fly". It's softer and more inward...
(I have lots of jazz and avant garde too, but I'll keep it to Chopin for now.)
The image is from an old dance painting I posted: I turned it into a performance to celebrate music-making. It's just a glittery way of saying it's exciting to share art with others...
The links - just an invitation. They're active till wednesday...
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🎻 Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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