Strummerby
peterishComment by Artyste: Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. The critique you are about to recieve is tailored for DPC challenges alone, and is not intended to be seen as an artistic critique per se.
Initial Thoughts
Interesting, although not the strongest on the challenge theme in a DPC sense.
Composition / Content
As has been said, the foot sticking out here really does take a lot away from the main point of interest, and in a compositional sense, you really don't want anything leading your viewer off your subject. Content wise, it's a great pose and I love the motion blur on the hand, that's a wonderful little detail that many might have missed. Another point I'd have you consider is that the negative space is on the wrong side. Leading your negative space in the direction of the face and the strut of the guitar would have taken the focus off the foot, and put it more where you were trying to keep it, on the musician.
Background
The vignetting is just a little too obvious and cloudy. Not a smooth progression, and that probably got picked up on by a lot of voters as well.
Camera Work / Technical
A good choice of aperature and shutter speed, allowing some good exposure and that motion blur on the hand. Focus seems a *touch* soft.
Digital Processing
You didn't give any information about this, so I can't really comment. I do like your choice of color saturation though, gives it a nice gritty feel that works well.
Fits the Challenge
For DPC, this is a tentative fit to the challenge. It's a portrait, no question, but it's not what the majority of people were looking for, and as such, was probably hit for that. For my part, it's nice to see a few different takes, and this is a good attempt.
My Opinion of the Photo
A nice alternative portrait shot, some good color, and a nice pose, but a few issues that keep it from being really good. Good luck in future challenges.
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