Premium Photo Competition 2015 1 : Entry Number 127

Very elegant balance, as if a ballet dancer sat down and played on the piano

By Carl Osterly. Model: Bethany Gregory and MUA: Nhi Truong. Taken with a Canon 5D Mark II at 1/60th sec at f/4.0 ISO 100. Tonal adjustments applied in Adobe Lightroom, sharpening applied in Adobe Photoshop. Thank you for the mark of excellence! On the day of the shoot it turned out that I had accidentally double booked our studio space. As a result our team was forced to vacate and move to another room next door. Within the room was a single upright piano and Bethany immediately walked over and began to play. At that moment I realised that this would be a great prop for our shoot. Although I didn't get the studio space I had originally intended to hire, I'm glad for my mistake because we wouldn't have discovered the piano, and I would never have taken this beautiful photo of Bethany.