Sanshin player, old house, Ryukyu Mura museum

Posted by martie (Somewhere, United States) on 15 February 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

This is the last image in this series. I know this needs to be straightened, but I can't figure it out in Photoshop. Also, on my sony LCD monitor it doesn't look that great, but on my iMac 1280 x 1024 it looks pretty darn good!

Comments (15)

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

I find the composition excellent. We get to see old instruments and a happy musician. The wall with its various shades and textures is also very appealing.

15 Feb 2008 6:48am

chris chisu from Seattle, United States

This is called a beautiful environmental portrait.

15 Feb 2008 8:11am

Teresa Durães from Montijo, Portugal

great photo! he seems so peacefull

15 Feb 2008 9:47am

Koushiro from Singapore, Singapore

He seems to be enjoying himself! I wish i could hear the music though, it must have been heavenly...

15 Feb 2008 12:15pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Why would you want to straighten this out? The perspective lines of the door frames, the floor, his instrument, the boards on the wall, out door post and rafters are all part of the strength of this very excellent image. The man himself is wonderfully captured in his quiet, competent joy.

15 Feb 2008 2:07pm

Daniel from Stranded in Kenmare, United States

nice capture

15 Feb 2008 3:21pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

Nice shot. interesting subject, nice composition and lines. it doesn't look slanted to me, but it's your decision. I do know one way to straighten in photoshop (though I sometimes do it in Picasa which has a simple tool just for that purpose), though i don't know if it's the best way. You go to Image > Rotate Canvas > Arbitrary. Then you choose a very small angle and rotate it, then you can crop out the edges. (Let me know if you find out a simpler way.) Also, if you don't want to eyeball it, you can use the grid lines (View > Show > Grid), and you can control the spacing of the grid lines (Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid, Slices & Count...). Finally, I don't know about the monitor issue, but I do know that when aminus3 resizes images to 800 pixels wide, they lose sharpness, so it's better to resize yourself before uploading. Hope this helps.

15 Feb 2008 5:50pm

@danthro: Thank you for the info on straightening! I must have missed the bit about aminus resizing to 800. I will start doing that myself!

Seraphine from San Francisco, United States

He looks as if he
were sitting there
forever.

15 Feb 2008 6:28pm

Martin from Houston, United States

I like the way you captured the gentle light. It fits the scene perfectly.

15 Feb 2008 7:25pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Very nice composition Martie. I like the tones and the lighting

15 Feb 2008 8:56pm

Ale from Mexico

why don't u try taking your pictures un RAW format and then use the lightroom to edit them? there is a tool in that program that helps you really easily to straighten your photos :)
This is a very nice picture!

15 Feb 2008 10:49pm

@Ale: Ale, I'll download lightroom today. Thanks for the suggestion!

Porcsin from Debrecen, Hungary

What a nice action picture!
I really want to hear the sound of this musical instrument...;)

16 Feb 2008 9:49am

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

This is one EXCELLENT composition, Martie! You really nailed this one!!! One goes entirely INTO the shot!!! (The easiest way.....forget the Photoshop which sooooo complicated - I wonder why? Just download Picassa, it is free of charge and it has one very good straightening tool. Don't forget to file the shot after straigtening, just give it another name.)

16 Feb 2008 10:05am

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

Very, very fine photo. Really get a sense of being there.

16 Feb 2008 10:16am

pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal

yep, nice, neice, nice, the framing is awsome it takes you right into the subject, good work.

16 Feb 2008 8:38pm

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