I am honoured to be the current photographic champion amongst Charioteers, and I am thus obliged to think of the next subject for the competition. I was thinking I might have a bit of trouble thinking of something, when my new toy arrived. This is a Digital Keyboard. Actually it is a digital piano, but Yamaha are not allowed to call it that because the weighting of the keys is not quite the same as on a real piano. Only a concert pianist would know the difference, and I certainly don’t claim to be one of those.
Anyway, on to the theme of the competition. How about “Musical Instruments”? This can be anything from a triangle to a church organ, kazoo to a Stratocaster. As long as it makes a musical sound, it is in. 🙂
Marks for originality and technical expertise, although a great subject will defeat a great technical photo, as in my last judgement 🙂
I think St George’s Day might be an appropriate deadline, so 23rd of April it is.
Here is the subject of my inspiration.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Nicely presented FEEG. I will really try to have a go. Whistles, flutes, strings, pipes, buttons, But not one of me squeezing a cat’s neck. My tip to contestants would be try to capture good colour and any unusual pattern – the sort of thing that might bring a tune or mood to mind.
I was in despair, I gave back what I thought was the only musical instrument in the house: that is my daughter’s flute, which I have been storing since she was at school.
All is not entirely lost, however, because apparently we do have a couple more!
Congratulations, FEEG! 🙂
It was my birthday meal, FEEG, but Ara’s portion. She tried to capture an image of my very rare and superbly cooked steak, but she backed off when I growled. Just as well.
Wrong post!!!! Never mind. 🙂
Hello FEEG: Here’s a quick one from me.
During my recent visit to Salisbury, I took this one of the cathedral choir and organ, the whole building is an integral part of this huge instrument, I’m not much for formal religion, but the sound of this thing is truly outstanding.
Oh blimey, LW. That photograph is going to take some beating. It’s absolutely wonderful!
LW – the light in this photo is superb. Have you ever-so-slightly over exposed to get the foreground lit or do you have the hand of God on your camera! I can almost hear the tremor of an organ fugue.
Hello PPG: More the hand of Picassa, than the hand of God, I had to bump up the fill light to get the organ pipes properly visible even with the flash and the distant nave already had lots of light from the sun on the huge leaded glass windows. I was surprised at the result. The designers and builders of these great cathedrals knew just how to impress the peasantry and being from a long line of peasants I was duly impressed.
A small musical instrument; in fact it’s incredibly small, but the best I can do:
In fact there are two of them. This may give you a clue!
Thanks LW and Ara. Some very nice pictures. A good start. Come on, the rest of you. How about some bagpipes from those of you of a Caledonian persuasion!? 🙂
Swell to Great?
Splendid photo, LW! Truly Awesome.
Well how about this for one-up-man-ship!
Or this well ‘ammered upright?
Or one of my rejected pianos!
Actually this was the “lost” piano of Sloane Avenue, Kensington, that Adam G from The Dark Side found abandoned a few years back, and tried to save ha ha on one of his blogs before jetting off to New York. I attended at the site and found this wreck at the basement of a block of flats. I guess it may have been dropped from several floors above such was the state of the hammers inside (see above). I only wish I had collected all the loose ivories. (G for Garrie or gutless.)
Little Louis!
Here’s ome of my didgerydoesn’t.
OZ
OZ, did you know that practising the didgeridoo ‘helps reduce snoring and sleep apnea as well as daytime sleepiness?’ The things you learn here!
Sipu – It’s the genuine article, bought in Orstralier an’ all. Trouble is I can’t get the bloody thing to work, hence the didgeridoesn’t moniker. I’m now going for a serious snore and some sleep apnea. 🙂
OZ