Piano, retired.

Piano, retired., originally uploaded by Five eyes.

I was recently invited to play in a Flickr challenge group by an admin I knew from a previous one. I haven't been involved in the groups for awhile, but went over to peek--and decided to join. It's called The Pinnacle, and they run challenges a bit differently from some of the others. I really like it.

Two photos vie in pre-determined categories and, if you win, you go to the next round. You need to win five consecutive rounds to ten points in order to be named to the Hall of Fame. There are other levels beyond that (see my next entry), but posted here--and over the next few posts--are the photos I've submitted that have won.

The very first one I put out there was this one--in the "Non-Nature Macro" category--and I held out for five rounds to enter the Hall of Fame. I took it last winter after Jeff Beird got a new piano and told me he planned to take the old one apart in his basement. I headed over with my camera and got some cool photos of the inner workings of an old, beloved instrument. I really like these old hammers and can only imagine how much lovely music they've played.