This one kind of fails to make the mark also; it seems awfully static. That might be OK if it was Joan Baez being sensitive or something (am I dating myself), but I don't get that sense here. The mic is distracting, too. The cropping feels arbitrary; awkward on the bottom, too much nothing on the top, unfortunate truncation of the left arm off the right side. Crop on the left is just right though :-)
And again, the focus is on the neck of the guitar just in front of the near hand, that whole edge of the guitar, and it's not enough. I really want the face to be in focus. You can do that if you want, you know? Download a trial copy of "Focus Magic", mask off the face and hair, and use the tool just on that area. It's remarkable. But you may not want to do that.
Anyway, I love the green shot. I love it when you do crazy things I guess...
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