Music Practice
by darkornithopter

Comment:
Doesn't really say live music to me. The books are much too distracting a background. Onboard flash which is the work of the devil has given bad shadows and given a snapshot look. Slightly overexposed. I like the tilted composition. Seeing as you used flash, you could have closed the aperture a little and given yourself more dof (as long as you had a simple background).

Musikfest '05
by moosetrax

Comment:
Background is too distracting, especially the people in the window. If you're going to include most of the pan pipes, include the whole lot! Shame about the watch. Nothing seems particularly sharp.

Playing in the Park
by slightlyconfused

Comment:
The look on the guitarist's face suggests that he has been asked to pose, and is not in full flow of a song. He's just too self-conscious. Background hasn't really been thought through enough, it's too distracting and the burnt out sky spoils it. The leaves growing out of his head are also a no-no.

Sax Man
by thefly

Comment:
The horizon seems to be at just the wrong place, I'd have got slightly higher or lower to maximise the position of the background. Tough exposure, the face seems slightly too dark but I understand you'd be in danger of blowing the highlights if you'd let more light in. Still, I'm sure there's something more that could have been done with curves. I'd also have desaturated some red to make his skin tone more flattering. What's the streak at the top left corner of the shot? Composition feels slightly unbalanced, I think we need a little more sax.

Hot Sax
by Sammie

Comment:
Very nice atmosphere, I really wish there was a little more shadow detail though. I'd also like the silhouette to be clearer.

Counterpart
by M.O.C.

Comment:
As an aside, the pianist's technique and hand position is just terrible. The shot comes across as a snapshot... the wall next to the piano looks bad and the reflection of the performer in the piano doesn't work well at all. Nothing about this shot suggests a live performance to me. Composition doesn't do a lot for me.

DanMan
by Patrol

Comment:
IMO too dark/underexposed and the skin tone is too red. Shots of performers usually do better when their eyes are open, there's nothing particularly special about his expression here.

Sonic
by gudbjargarson

Comment:
She looks a right state, very entertaining. Centred composition seems very unimaginative. I would like you to have gone closer and made more of her, it's difficult to pick out much detail at this focal length and the background is too distracting.

Intermezzo
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Beautiful colours, and interesting composition. How come this is so noisy though? It looks like you could have used a much lower ISO. The guitar in the foreground spoils the shot.

Sounds of the Underground
by Pixelstate

Comment:
Nice candid, not sure about the slightly tilted camera angle. Missing an extra something I can't really put my finger on.