Blind Steet Guitarist

[SeanH]

http://www.thepixelplayer.com/Images/blindguitar.jpg

[namasste]

Sean, I'm almost embarassed I have not replied to this post yet. Your shot is simply awesome. I love pretty much everything about it. How did you achieve that effect? Just desat or was there much more too it. C'mon, help a brutha out and tell!

[angryhampster]

Sean, I'm almost embarassed I have not replied to this post yet. Your shot is simply awesome. I love pretty much everything about it. How did you achieve that effect? Just desat or was there much more too it. C'mon, help a brutha out and tell!



Indeed. I love the colors. How'd ya do it? :)

[nwa2]

Very rustic, love the effect.

Did you try cropping out the lady, maybe not... might leave too little space in front of the man.

Well done

[ironbelle]

Beautiful image? My guess is that he is sitting on a bench outside of a store in the town of Julian not far from Mom's Apple Pie shop. My friends and I take our Jeeps/trucks offroading so we go through Julian quite a bit.

[bryanj87]

Wonderful shot!

[BottomBracket]

The PP used here really works. I like the tones and textures here.

[kenyc]

Nice job. Please link the image next time. I hate going off site.

KAC

[Tobiah]

I really like this shot.. the wood goes great with the pp... any tips how to achieve this affect¿thanks

[Shasta]

Beautiful, the muted colors make this simply a fantastic shot.

[jdizzle]

Nice!

[bikerider]

yep very cool shot, glad I looked as I almost didn't bother when it was a link :)

[Skippy29]

Looks like the Mod Mafia has struck again :lol:

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[MetalRain]

very good shot. love the pp and the mood of the shot.

[whuband]

That is really excellent work.

[IainB]

With 'street photography' we've got to consider whether or not we've captured a 'special' moment, angle, dimension, mood etc. etc. - something that sets our capture apart from the ordinary. Could it have been taken by anyone simply by pointing the lens at the subject.... Or have we composed it in such a way that adds or captures the drama... I feel 'urban' photography needs to be 'beyond' the technically excellent to be successful. We have all seen examples of grainy or blurry images that tell a powerful story - technically low in quality, but strong in story-telling. I don't feel the 'power' in this shot. To me it's a picture of a blind guitarist, but sadly, nothing more. Just being honest!

[kenyc]

With 'street photography' we've got to consider whether or not we've captured a 'special' moment, angle, dimension, mood etc. etc. - something that sets our capture apart from the ordinary. Could it have been taken by anyone simply by pointing the lens at the subject.... Or have we composed it in such a way that adds or captures the drama... I feel 'urban' photography needs to be 'beyond' the technically excellent to be successful. We have all seen examples of grainy or blurry images that tell a powerful story - technically low in quality, but strong in story-telling. I don't feel the 'power' in this shot. To me it's a picture of a blind guitarist, but sadly, nothing more. Just being honest!

I think not just street photography, but all photography comes in three fuzzy and overlapping regions.

1) The first as you say is the snapshot that most anyone can take.

2) Is the technically excellent shot (either straight from the camera or with minor touchups - like in the darkroom - with post processing)

3) The Uber shot that transcends simply excellent to become art or a once-in-a lifetime capture. etc.

KAC

[amethyst dragon]

I really love this shot!! Although I would have cropped out the woman, IMHO. The color is amazing!

[kenyc]

I really love this shot!! Although I would have cropped out the woman, IMHO. The color is amazing!

Actually following IainB's lead, I think without the woman this would move closer to the snapshot category (other than the excellent processing). :)

KAC

[Vortex99]

great capture..... love the color and feel of the photo!

[GaTeCrAsHeR]

Makes me want to grab my camera and get out there taking pics...

[Dan_S]

Great, the colours are superb.

[Sickness]

Love the shot and the colors. How close were you to him? I imagine you didn't have a 50 on and you knelt down right next to him, or did you? Either way, great shot.

[BenJammin]

Nice shot.

[PMN]

I don't feel the 'power' in this shot. To me it's a picture of a blind guitarist, but sadly, nothing more. Just being honest!

That's a perfectly fair opinion. Personally, I do feel the power in this shot, although I feel it as a musician. The photographer has captured that wonderful, focussed look in the guitarist's eye (despite him being blind), that really is quite expressive.

I absolutely love this image. Very tastefully captured and sympathetically edited. Excellent work!

Paul

[Mike4BekA]

I like this shot! Love the colors

[mumbles]

Fantastic photo.. i'd say crop out the lady and do some selective darkening around the face or that other effect, the dragonian thing to bring more character out :)