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Musical Detail
by Helen Betts
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23-JUN-2003 Helen Betts

4th
Musical Detail
by Helen Betts

Okinawa, Japan

Koto and players at the Okinawa Memorial Day ceremony held at the Peace Park in Itoman. Taken from my seat in the first row. It's a pretty somber occasion, commemorating the 200,000 who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa, but before things got under way I managed to (hopefully unobtrusively) capture this.

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Date/Time23-Jun-2003 11:38:52
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Focal Length28 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.70
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
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Sony Forums Challenges03-Dec-2003 00:32
Helen, there are so many beautiful and interesting details and patterns in these instruments and in this image, and you captured them so well :). Melanie (mlynn)
Sony Forums Challenges30-Nov-2003 19:15
You captured the details and the textures alright. Great lighting. Bobby
Sony Forums Challenges30-Nov-2003 13:17
Hi Doris, yes this is called a koto. It's a very traditional Japanese instrument, but other than that I don't know too much about it except that I'm not wild about sitting through koto performances :-). Helen
Guest 30-Nov-2003 13:03
A great and interesting shot, Helen. Koto is this musical instrument´s name?
Sony Forums Challenges28-Nov-2003 21:23
Creative shot Helen...very nice indeed. El-See
Sony Forums Challenges25-Nov-2003 18:10
Very interesting instruments, Helen...you captured them from an effective perspective and with really nice, clear detail. I like your choice of comp/crop too. Well done. MFC
Canon DSLR Challenge25-Nov-2003 13:29
The second I laid eyes on this shot, I KNEW it was Helen P Betts.... had your name written all over it ;-) Nice composition and repeating elements. I wish I had the variety of culturally fascinating subjects and "things" you are so good at finding, Helen. Yes, I have beautiful nature here in Florida and, I love every minute of it but... well, you know. :-) Mark J
Sony Forums Challenges24-Nov-2003 23:57
lovely image helen. great composition and clarity and i love the sublety of it. -- andy