Marcel's 366__2012

[Carolina Photo Guy]

Day 51, March 1st 2012

No tools left inside the piano this time. I was almost tempted to take my flash out and bounce it from behind me, but after a trial, I decided to keep the light natural. Not too bad a result for mixed light I'd dare to say.

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D700, 16-35 f4 VR @f5, 1/40s, iso 1600.

Did you find out what Zebra tastes like?

 

[Eye-level]

Are many of these pianos broken in some way or are you just doing maintenance and tune ups for the most part? How in the heck does one become a piano repairman? It's sort of interesting really...

 

[Mike150]

Did you find out what Zebra tastes like?

It's really hard to describe. First there's the light meat, then the dark meat, then the light meat again...

 

[Marcel]

Are many of these pianos broken in some way or are you just doing maintenance and tune ups for the most part? How in the heck does one become a piano repairman? It's sort of interesting really...

95% of my work is tuning while sometimes I'll have to repair or restore an instrument. As far as how to learn the trade, I'm a third generation piano technician. I followed my father who had learned from his. I also went to different piano manufactures for training, Steinway, Baldwin, and Yamaha in Japan twice. I'm also a technical consultant for Yamaha Canada and do travel across the country once in a while with a team of Yamaha Canada technicians. In april this year, I'll start my 36th year in this fascinating domain.

 

[Marcel]

Day 62, March 2nd 2012

Tow shots from yesterday that I didn't have time to process.

First was done while driving in the stormy weather:


This one walking back from the restaurant:


And this morning's:

 

[Marcel]

Day 63, March 3rd 2012

Piano person portrait:


D7000, 1/100 f4, iso 320, 15-55 2.8.

Monastery:


D7000, Photomatix HDR process 17-55 2,8 @ f8 iso 320.

 

[Marcel]

 

[Carolina Photo Guy]

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"No soup for you!!!"

 

[Marcel]

"No soup for you!!!"

Indeed

 

[Rick M]

Beautiful HDR!, the last shot reminds me of Niagra Falls.

 

[bluenoser]

What is the big attraction that everybody is looking at in your last image Marcel?

 

[Carolina Photo Guy]

What is the big attraction that everybody is looking at in your last image Marcel?

Its the Seinfeld Soup Nazi making a kettle full of soup.

 

[bluenoser]

Its the Seinfeld Soup Nazi making a kettle full of soup.

LOL! I hope it's Jambalaya!

 

[Marcel]

There were fireworks in progress down the gorge. These people were standing on the bridge.

I was pretty sure some of you would be intrigued. The picture draws the eyes and is a little mysterious.

 

[Marcel]

Day 64, March 4th 2012

 

[bluenoser]

There were fireworks in progress down the gorge. These people were standing on the bridge.

I was pretty sure some of you would be intrigued. The picture draws the eyes and is a little mysterious.

Mission accomplished Marcel! I was definitely intrigued!

 

[Marcel]

Day 65, March 5th 2012


D700, 105 2.5 @ f4, 1/500, iso 400

 

[Marcel]

Two more for day 65:

 

[Marcel]

Day 66, march 6th 2012

 

[Marcel]

Day 67, March 7th:

HDR with a twist. I converted my raw files to Tiff and corrected each one for contrast and color and then loaded them in Photomatix to process in HDR. It's a view I had while working at the local University this morning. Enjoy.


D7000, iso 800, 35 Afs 1.8 @ f8.