On stage

[Craigie]

I changed this into B&W using Photoshop, with default settings on a black and white layer, but increased blue from 20 to 150.
I am not happy with the white tee shirt, it lacks white.
This is all new to me so any C&C is welcomed.
I would have liked to cropped out that front monitor, but I would have lost the spare guitar.

[Urbanflyer]

I think the image has good potential. There are three things I would do to fit my aesthetic. Yours may be different.

1. Agree about brightening the shirt some. I would do it using the Camera Raw filter and selectively brushing in a brighter white over the shirt using the white balance slider.

2. The highest light on the upper right is distracting to me and I would eliminate it.

3. The light seen between his legs is also distracting but an essential part of the scene. Burning it in a bit would decrease its intensity while keeping the atmosphere of which it is part.

I don't do these kinds of photos so it was a nice exercise for me to critique from my point of view. Thanks for sharing!

[bnnrcn]

I think the distracting lights are more important than the whiteness of the T-Shirt . I would try to fix them. Actually the monitor doesn't distract me at all. It blends with the environment nicely. A nice stage shot with good composition

[Geoff F]

Looks OK to me, Gary. It is mostly a back lit scene so I wouldn't change anything. Maybe, I would clone out those small bright light spots on his leg close to the guitar. If you want to remove the top light I would consider a crop before trying anything else.

[Craigie]

Thanks to all for your comments and input, it is much appreciated.
I went into PS and did some burning on the lights between the guitarist legs.
The top light I left in, if I had cloned it out it would have left a lot of empty space at top of image, also I did not want to crop it out.
I tried to whiten the tee shirt, but was not happy with the result, so I left it as it was.

[Minerva]

#2: The presentation is easier on the eye now. Well done Gary.

[bnnrcn]

You can also clone the two white dots on his trousers Gary, your edit looks better

[Shadowman]

What did the shirt look like prior to applying the blue?

[bnnrcn]

Blue? I can't see any blue John. The image looks B&W on my monitor

What did the shirt look like prior to applying the blue?

[Craigie]

The image below is as shot with only resizing and unsharp mask.
The blue that John mentions is related to my first post in this thread.
When I was changing the image into B&W, I increased the blue slider (in black and white layer PS) from 20 to 150 to brighten the lights ( in retrospect to bright), so in the second image I decreased to 50.
The tee shirt did turn whiter as the blue slider increased in value.

I have removed the two white spots

[bnnrcn]

Sorry Gary and John. When I read the first post I saw the note about the blue slider and I made my first comment on the image. But later, I completely forgot about it

PS. Actually the color image has more pop and I find it better