Starting Over

For ONS10 Macro -- full week completed!
I used to play the recorder (not well) and decided I should take it up again. But I've forgotten a lot of the fingering so am starting over from scratch. A challenge even with the easiest of music.

[Kate Goring]

Good for you! I have done the same thing recently with the piano. I love this in black and white, beautiful macro.

[Lynne]

Wonderful DOF image

[Gena Pegg]

Love the dof on this Taffy...and the soft touch. Nice!

[Annie D]

yes lovely DoF
can't say I am a fan of the recorder - being a school teacher I have many a recorder session lol - it is a great instrument to teach the basics of music to young ones though

[Janet B.]

Love this, Taffy; and good for you taking up the recorder again! Have fun!

[aurorajane]

Great use of dof

[Rachel]

Wow, a recorder. That is really a blast from the past. Good luck with it. After 20 or so years of not reading music, I have lost the ability for even that. Not something I thought I would ever forget.

[Lin]

Great focus!

[Graeme Stevens]

Superb shot - excellent focus

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great macro! I used to play it too- mostly self-taught and also not very good! But it was fun.

[gloria jones]

Great shot, focus, dof

[Leigh Anne Sanderson]

Love the focus and pov!

[Jane Pittenger]

Nice shot. I sure wish you lived closer. I'd love to play recorders together. I still have soprano, alto, tenor, and bass!

[Taffy]

@jgpittenger That is soooo cool to know!! Maybe practice together via Skype once I get the fingering back! I literally am having to relearn fingering, with some motor memory returning but not enough to be able to skip the starting over part. Thanks for visiting!

[Kim]

Great composition!

[Tony]

Good luck with the music, I tried an electronic organ many years ago. Didn't work for me.

[Rosan]

Good for you! I always regretted not taking piano lessons. I guess it's not too late but too many other hobbies and not enough time.

[Sally Ings]

Good for you! Fabulous capture and I like the focus.

[Brigette]

i love the look of sheet music photographed.. and this looks perfect!

[Pam Knowler]

Great capture! I played the recorder in the school orchestra but not sure if I could do it now! I wish now that I could play the piano!

[sally agnew]

Gorgeous focus :)

[Joan Robillard]

I have no musical talent. Like that you are using your semi-retirement to try things you probably gave up for lack of time.

[MoyaC]

Love the DOF

[Adi]

very nice Taffy. I like the blur caused by the short depth of field.

[Christina Helliwell]

Great macro, Taffy. Enjoy your return to the recorder.

[Joyce]

Love the focus and DOF in this Taffy and good luck with the recorder!

[Rosie Kind]

Well done you for taking it up again. I don't know where my recorder went. Nice shot to remind us that we really should learn to read music!

[tony gig]

Great capture.

[Anja]

Great use of dof!

[Kandie]

Nice DOF!!

[Junko Y]

The things we don't know about our friends can be stunningly surprising. Shall I get my recorders out, too?

[AmyJ]

Music and photography go well together!

[Nick]

Very nice shot. Good luck with re-learning the recorder. Music is just marks where ants have walked through a pot of ink and onto a piece of paper to me - it's a foreign language!

[Bill Fenske]

magnificent macro

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page and the PP. Well deserved.

[Taffy]

@nickspicsnz Had a good laugh at your comment -- very funny!

[Louise & Ken]

I *thought* it was you whom I remembered was playing the recorder! We listened to some lovely music in the mall Thursday and I recorded a couple of the tunes. I tucked one into this how-to video; I wish I knew the same of the tune! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRofIJ7teAg I had to patch it together to make it long enough, but it was a lovely ditty!