Holton French Horn. Multiproduct This image is a focus

This image is a focus stack of hundreds of photographs

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The instrument is made from French Walnut and German Spruce

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Holton French Horn. Multiproduct This image is a focusThese are the intricate coils of a Holton H188 French horn. The tremendous complexity of the tubing is better examined from the outside, rather than through my usual internal approach. Brass instruments are always tricky to photograph, as you are photographing a reflection as much as the instrument itself. For this shot, I decided to reflect Mozarts Horn Concerto in D major in the polished nickel plate, bringing a sense of what is happening inside the