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The Architecture of Musical Instruments
- 9dev 4y agoDoes anyone know how he managed to keep such a large distance in focus, despite being in macro range? I suppose those are several pictures stitched together somehow?
- detaro 4y agoYes, "Focus stacking" is the technical term. From the photographers website: "When we see closeup macro shots like this we expect them to have a narrow depth of field. By combing hundreds of shots with varying focus I make sure that the entire instrument is sharp from from to back."
- quijoteuniv 4y agoThis is one of those: who did not anyone think about this before!
- loupol 4y agoThis is amazing, some of the images have an incredible sci-fi feeling to them. Current link doesn't show all of the photos, the photographer's website has some more : https://www.charlesbrooks.info/ https://www.charlesbrooks.info/
- rmnclmnt 4y agoThanks, and as a bonus you get to know which instrument belongs to each photograph!
- ArekDymalski 4y agoOn author's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/charlescellist/ https://www.instagram.com/charlescellist/ there's a new (not featured on the website) photo of Kawai Grand Piano that looks like a corridor on a space station. Absolutely amazing.
- mikewarot 4y agoHe posted an even better violin picture on Reddit yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/itookapicture/comments/xgcxbu/itap_inside_a_140_year_old_violin/ https://www.reddit.com/r/itookapicture/comments/xgcxbu/itap_...
- rmnclmnt 4y agoThe picture of the internals of a didgeridoo is out of this world, fascinating...
- ehnto 4y agoAn unplayed didgeridoo would also be pretty fascinating, as they tend to fill with spiderwebs.
- erwincoumans 4y agoVery pretty, those macro images inside music instruments. Would be fun to see 'internal' videos while those instruments are being used.
- JasonFruit 4y agoThat violin looks like someone's empty attic. I can almost smell it.
- ehnto 4y agoThey can honestly smell pretty similar, wood and dust.
- JasonFruit 4y agoI've been inside violins a time or two, and removed a sizable mouse nest from an old French fiddle with a chewed F-hole.
- Rygian 4y agoFor me, the most impressive part of these pictures is the use of lighting. The play of lights and shadows reproduces the volumes in such a way that one feels immersed, embedded in a vast chamber that is in reality only a few centimeters wide. The cello example is exceptional in that regard. Edit: it's a cello [1] [1] https://www.architectureinmusic.com/products/lockey-hill-cello-circa-1780-aluminium-print-1 https://www.architectureinmusic.com/products/lockey-hill-cel...
- 6stringmerc 4y agoWow this is a stunning look in a different way, I can only imagine all the strange beauty in old arch top guitars. Also totally agree on the expertise in the lighting. Makes them vibrant and feel lively like caught in a break in the action. Would love to see if he could do time lapse too that’d be neat too. What an artist.
- lioeters 4y agoNow I dream of living inside a violin.
- HPsquared 4y agoIf a room was built in the shape of a violin, how would the acoustics be inside that room? Is there something special about the shape?
- bratsche 4y agoI wish I could get this guy to take a great photo inside my viola for me!
- mitchbob 4y agoThere are photos with captions at [1]. [1] https://www.charlesbrooks.info/ https://www.charlesbrooks.info/