This is a great photo, Derek!
It looks like something Akikazu Nakamura would use as
an album cover !
Thanks for sharing.
Isaac,
--- Derek Choice <dvc@funklogic.com> wrote:
> Greetings...
>
> Yesterday morning I was doing a little dawn
> practice. The sun began to open it's eyes through
> the window to my left and shine on my flute... I
> tilited it slightly to the left and let the light
> shine through the holes. It was beautiful. Quite
> often I love to sight down the bore and simply
> admire the craftsmanship and great beauty of the
> high-gloss lacquer that appears almost metallic at
> times (as I'm sure is the case with most shaku
> palyers, during pauses in playing and certain
> contemplative moods; or, pausing out of frustration
> at the inability to play a complex passage?). As
> the sun hit the holes, it radiated throughout the
> bore into an amazing flow of light and bright red
> swirls. I quickly wiped the slight moisture out of
> the bore, grabbed my camera, propped the flute, and
> took a macro digital shot of the bore, hoping to
> capture what I was seeing. It took a few shots to
> get the correct exposure and focus, but somehow it
> actually turned out pretty nice, and captured most
> of what I was seeing and feeling. I'm certainly no
> stellar photographer, but it is a rather neat shot
> that, I'm sure, is a familiar sight to many.
>
> If you're curious, or just bored, it is located at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~soundwave1/bore.jpg. I
> resized to about 33K, so it's an easy download.
> Other than a crop-to-size, it is untouched, and
> exactly as I saw it.
>
> Just wanted to share a small shaku moment.
>
> :)
>
> Derek
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