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A macro view of the keys on a vintage Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone (circa 1957), taken for the Macro Mondays group theme, "Music." The frame represents a span of two-inches across.
Strobist/technical info:
The scene was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights, CL/CR, fired in Manual mode @ ¼ power through Neewer 24" soft boxes. The speedlights were triggered by PockWizard Plus Xs.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D (AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro).
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The blues isn't about making yourself feel better. It's about making others feel worse! - Bleeding Gums Murphy
For Macro Mondays' "Anything Goes" theme
Strobist: Canon 600EX-RT @1/8 power in a Lastolite 24" softbox on camera left, White reflector camera right. Canon 580EXII @1/2 power, gelled with a Rogue "Just Blue" gel, in snoot that was aimed down the body of the saxophone. Triggered with Pocketwizard Plus III's
"By far the largest painting I've done, the Rockabilly Highway Mural is located on the exterior wall at 124 West Court Avenue and Second Street in downtown Selmer, TN (viewable from Highway 45 south) and is 20-feet high by 120-feet long. This public art landmark was created in conjunction with the naming of the Rockabilly Highway. It was designed and completed in about 5 months from February-June 2009. The greatest challenges were the elements and having to constantly be aware of proportions. The subjects featured on the wall are Nashville-based Rockabilly group Phil Hummer & The White Falcons" ~ Brian Tull (Artist)
www.briantull.com/rockabilly.php
Mural sponsored by: Selmer Business Alliance, McNairy County Chamber of Commerce, Arts in McNairy, Tennessee Arts Commission, Jackson Arts Council
Image was taken during my trek to photograph all 95 county courthouses across my home state of Tennessee...now revisiting in order that the courthouses were photographed!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Tug Svitzer Redbridge helps guide in the Bulk Carrier Asalet into Hartlepool Docks as the sun sets behind the Bulk Carrier Jakob Selmer. 25th June 2023.
Attentive viewers of my photostream may remember m photo of this trailer from last February. Back then, the graffiti just said "HELL IS HOT". Since then, someone has added "BEER IS COLD!" to the other side. I think it's funny that the "HOT" is in red and the "COLD" is in blue.
This trailer is located on the side of Highway 64 between Selmer and Adamsville, Tennessee.
Early in the morning after last nights rain, it was very foggy, and I was able to take the Image with the 4 horses grazing in front of the Schlernmassiv.
Jan Harbeck Live Jive Jungle:
Jan Harbeck (ts), Thor Madsen (g), Jeppe Skovbakke (b), Peter Leth (dr).
La Fontaine jazz club, Copenhagen.
A light show on fountains, designed by Tue Selmer Friborg to music by Tchaikovsky: the ballet The Nutcracker in which toys come alive on Christmas Eve.
Tivoli is an amusement park and pleasure garden that opened in 1843. It is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world and the most visited amusement park in Scandinavia.
This is a one in a series of portraits recently converted to BW and reprocessed in PS and the Nik Collection's 'Color Efex Pro 4' filters. Earlier images in colour:
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The Birte Selmer, a bulk ship registered in Majuro (where is that I hear you say) taking on a cargo of grain like product (perhaps chick peas or soya bean for instance) at the former bulk sugar terminal at suburban Colmslie on the Brisbane River, Queensland. In the background can be seen the two massive Gateway (or more correctly Sir Leo Hielscher) Bridges. You may notice that even though this location is a fair way up the river from the mouth, there is a small beach which is adjacent to a large park. There are several of these "beaches" on either side of the river along this reach but not used for swimming as such. The river is far cleaner these days but it does harbour rather nasty bull sharks which tend to be reasonably aggressive with big teeth!
The ship is loading by its own cranes rather than the conveyor/crane system which was designed for raw sugar and partly dismantled I believe. Imagine evacuating on that life boat at the stern of the ship!!
Now...where is Majuro? Well, I can tell you that it's on a tiny atoll like island in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific....definitely a place and flag of convenience. So firstly, a little bit about Majuro then after that, a bit about the ship.
Majuro (/ˈmædʒəroʊ/; Marshallese: Mājro [mʲæzʲ(e)rˠo] is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. It is also a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district of the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of 9.7 square kilometres (3.7 sq mi) and encloses a lagoon of 295 square kilometres (114 sq mi). As with other atolls in the Marshall Islands, Majuro consists of narrow land masses. It has a tropical trade wind climate, with an average temperature of 27 °C (81 °F). You can read more on Wikipedia. It may be a beautiful place but it is definitely no ship base as such!
Now the ship!
The Birte Selmer was built in 2011 as a bulk ship and is registered in the Marshall Islands (see above). It arrived in Brisbane on 27 January 2021.
Gross Tonnage23432
Summer Deadweight (t)33660
More can be found on the internet ship tracking sites.
My mom played this wood Selmer clarinet in school in the 1950's and early 1960's. I played it in school in the 1980's, and my daughter played it in the early 2010's. It has played a lot of music!
Sur le fleuve St-Laurent à la hauteur de Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada.
On the St-Lawrence river in front of Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
2018-11-29
Submitted for #FlickrFriday #MyRightHand.
I've been a professional musician all of my working life and everything I've got--from my wife on down--is a direct consequence of that fact. Therefore, it only seemed fitting for the "My Right Hand" prompt on Flickr to post a closeup of the right hand stack of my old, well-worn Selmer Saxophone.
Enjoy!
dans sa boîte le saxo utilisé par mon fils lorsqu'il joue dans l'orchestre Harmonie de Laval
the sax in its box used by my son when he plays in the orchestra for Harmonie of Laval
This is a link on youtube if you like to hear a piece of a concert
en cliquant si vos le désirez vous pouvez écouter un morceau joué lors d'un concert
This is a self-portrait of my hand. Don't be distracted by the vintage 1957 Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone in the background.
Strobist info:
Two Nikon SB900 speedlights were used, both camera left. One was bare and pointed at the saxophone; the other was focused on the hand, with a snoot and red Rogue gel (for added texture when converted to monochrome). Both flashes were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's.
Lens: Nikkor 18-200 1:3.5-5.6 G ED DX @ 90mm
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Wilhelminapier, Lantaren/Venster theatre, Vogelvrij tour, Tineke Postma, Jaques Schols (slightly cut from L, B & T).
Dutch jazz drummer John Engels (he played with artists like Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie and Ben Webster) celebrated his 80th birthday with a string of concerts with the fine fleur of the Dutch jazz scene - the Vogelvrij tour: here. Last Wednesday in Amsterdam, his actual birthday, was the biggest and longest concert / birthday party. And yesterday here in Rotterdam was a 'birthday afterparty' in Lantaren/Venster. For the occasion John had teamed up with his old mates of the Louis van Dijk Trio (Louis van Dijk and Jacques Schols) here and had asked the young tenor& soprano sax player Tineke Postma to join him. .
John Engels was as always excellent - fluently rhythmic, richly textured, melodic and inventive. The sure-footed approach of bass player Jacques Schols offered a fine basis for John's explorations. I was never a big fan of piano man Louis van Dijk - too smooth, too cocktail jazz-ish... but but but apparently I hadn't listen well enough - his playing was lovely and the way he took a John Lewis (Modern Jazz Quartet) composition from classical angehaucht into straight Bach territory and back was wonderful. And he proofed to be a nice raconteur too (a nice story 'bout Blossom Dearie for instance).
Tineke Postma put in a very well articulated and strong performance, setting the trio on fire - as Louis van Dijk had predicted.
In the media blast surrounding John Engels birthday he is being characterized by two famous sayings: "Hé vogel, wanneer gaan we weer spelen?" (Hey bird, when we're gonna play again) and when he's talking to a drummer: "Heb je nog een Kaa-tje?" (Do you have a K ?) This is a referral to the old style K Zyldian cymbals. Well, I will lend him mine, a 22" heavy ride cymbal, any time ! ;-)
This pic and the previous one were taken from medium high up in the hall - I was sitting near the sonic sweet spot of the place - near the position where the sound engineer resides- so the angle is slightly downward, hardly ever a good angle to shoot people. But first goes first ;-)
Tienke Postma is seen here with her Selmer sax and (almost) octogenarian double bass player Jacques Schols in the background.
The Louis van Dijk Trio (2014) with John Engels and a different bass player (Harry Emmery) is here on You Tube.
An interview with Tineke Postma @ the Nice Jazz festival (2010) is here.