The Guitarist Tom Ward 2

[mugge]

Izzie and Robert. Took your advice. Yes it is better
Cheers Ole

[Shadowman]

Nice edit.

[IzzieK]

Very good edit, Ole...I like this one so much better....

[Sergio M.]

Ole,

I like this one too.

Sergio

[Manfred M]

Ole - this is a much stronger composition than your original.

A couple of thoughts to keep in mind the next time you shoot this type of image.

1. It would have been better had you not cut off the elbow (camera right). These "amputations" can look a touch awkward and it being dark lets you (almost) get away with it. In a more brightly lit scene, this would have stood out more.

2. Is this shot of Tom Ward or of his guitar? The lighting and crop makes the guitar the most prominent feature of this image, and I'm not sure if this is what you want. You could play around with the crop some more to see what that gives you, understanding that you might lose parts of the guitar.

3. The image seems small and noisy? Is the original already a significant crop?

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Ole,

In addition to Manfred's ideas.

In this one, there's a couple of specular highlights I'd clone out if it were mine.
I might even 'prune' that dog-leg spare string bit too.

Hope those are helpful, Dave

[mugge]

Ole - this is a much stronger composition than your original.

A couple of thoughts to keep in mind the next time you shoot this type of image.

1. It would have been better had you not cut off the elbow (camera right). These "amputations" can look a touch awkward and it being dark lets you (almost) get away with it. In a more brightly lit scene, this would have stood out more.

2. Is this shot of Tom Ward or of his guitar? The lighting and crop makes the guitar the most prominent feature of this image, and I'm not sure if this is what you want. You could play around with the crop some more to see what that gives you, understanding that you might lose parts of the guitar.

3. The image seems small and noisy? Is the original already a significant crop?

Manfred, the original is a significant crop. Struggling with a fairly large crowd. I didn't want to lose parts of the guitar as I think that the guitar itself is paramount to what I wanted