FOREVER 21by
RoosterComment by Sting11165: Great subject! I like the way you got both the crazy haired guy and the background in to give a sense of place, good composition. It isn't always that easy to get a blurred background but not obscure the point of the scene. I expect this is San Francisco, but I don't know for sure. I am left wondering why the people are sitting around near this Forever 21 place.
Technically, sharpness and color seem good, except the sharpness of the man's face. When I first looked at the image, my eyes went right to his face but was distracted when it wasn't sharp enough. In advanced editing, I feel like you could have worked on his face and dark details of his clothes a little more to bring out some details.
This might be a good picture for B&W, although your subject is wearing some colorful clothes. As it is, it looks like you did some selective desat, which I think is appropriate.
I'll give you a 6, although it'd easily be a 7 with some more sharpness in your subject.
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