Troubadour

[DEAN01]

Met this gentleman yesterday afternoon, a self-proclaimed troubadour.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture and conversion.

[Mike Buckley]

Good job of capturing his personality. He seems as if he doesn't take himself too seriously.

It's a shame you also captured the man's head appearing at the top of the guitar. Considering how difficult that would have been to see in the viewfinder, I probably would have made the same mistake.

[Geoff F]

Looks fine for me. That head on the right side is sufficiently out of focus and in the distance so it doesn't seriously bother me. In fact having some other people, or parts of them, visible means this was obviously shot in a public place.

Maybe slightly and selectively toning down that particular head could be worth attempting.

[bnnrcn]

The image certainly shows his personality, very nice image

[KimC]

Nice image Dean - it has a lot of character. If it was mine, I would crop it tighter -- I would eliminate the bottom part of the guitar as it's rather scratched and doesn't add to the image... and it would bring the man in even more...

[Sergio M.]

Well done, Dean.
Great character portrait.

Sergio

[DEAN01]

Thanks to all for your kind words and comments. Taking Kim's advice I made the crop tighter. C & C always.

[Manfred M]

Definitely an improvement over the first iteration, although I feel cropping the right hand side of the image might be a more of a negative as you've lost some of the balance in the shot. I'd be tempted to take a bit more off the bottom. The shot is of the musician, not his guitar, so as long as the viewer can still identify that he is holding an instrument, the shot will work.

[Mike Buckley]

This is a fascinating situation in which the tighter crop to my eye places more emphasis on the guitar and less emphasis on the person. It's for that reason that I prefer the first version. My preference would be to crop the second version at the bottom across the middle of the hole in the guitar (sorry that I can't remember the proper term for that hole).

[IzzieK]

I agree with Manfred. I was thinking of a square crop right from the beginning, too. Too much guitar. I like the attitude of this man, the happiness in his face says it all.

[John 2]

Definitely an improvement over the first iteration, although I feel cropping the right hand side of the image might be a more of a negative as you've lost some of the balance in the shot. I'd be tempted to take a bit more off the bottom. The shot is of the musician, not his guitar, so as long as the viewer can still identify that he is holding an instrument, the shot will work.

+1 except that maybe I would limit the crop to just above the bridge but definitely leave the RHS as was. My only other thought is that you could also tone down the BG highlights. All that said, it's a cracking capture of the subject. Gives you the impression that he is a bit of a character.

[bnnrcn]

IMO the crop is too tight. I prefer the original

[Geoff F]

A fraction from the bottom and left side might be an alternative crop option?

[DEAN01]

Again, thanks to all for comments and suggestions; I'll keep working on the crop.