Last Tune Before the Unknownby
alexvoloComment by BobsterLobster: Critique Club:
I'm glad I got this picture to critique... I liked it the first time I saw it, and gave it an 8. I'm a guitarist, so good pictures of guitars are particularly meaningful to me.
The lighting is what makes this photo stand out, you exploited the black paintwork and black background to emphasise the ambiguity of the body's shape. Only the white scratch plate gives away the shape of the guitar. Your title hints that this is symbolic of the state of mind of the musician. I particularly like the way the bridge is reflected in the black paintwork. A nice touch.
The minor niggles I would draw attention to in this photo are:
There is nowhere near enough sharpness in this picture... did you try unsharp mask? Was the photo taken with a tripod? Was it steady? Did you use a remote control/ shutter timer?
The amount of negative space at the top and at the bottom of the subject is uneven. I'd have liked more negative space below what we can see of the guitar.
The fretboard is just a little too orange for my liking... I'd have desaturated the picture a tad.
In general, a good photo where you imaginatively took advantage of your subject's colour by using a similarly coloured background to explore ambiguity of shape and played with the viewer's ability to imagine what is missing.
Message edited by author 2003-11-16 19:19:11. 
