Took multiple shots from all different angles. This shot that I decided to go with was a single shot from that angle. No cropping, just edited to clean up and resized.
Dodged/burned, adjusted contrast, cloned some dust out, touched up a couple hot spots using the clone and smudge tool, slight gaussian blur, USM, and that is pretty much it. Hope it does alright.
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As a guitar player, I like this shot. I love the cut strings- just seeing them that close reminds me ou the sting of a puncture wound.
I concur, received two lashes last week alone...and I have the same guitar, errr 'had' the same guitar, just sold it. :-( The wood finish is beautiful in this shot.
Nice photo, great colors. I like the clarity of the main subject. The source of light made the right portion of the photo hazy causing a little bit of distraction.