Jules Deelder came to Delft at the summer festival and I was there with my camera. I took this shot during his two hour show. This guy is so impressive to watch.
PP in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- Converted to B&W
- Increased the contrast using curves
- Sharpening/noise reduction
- Cropped and resized
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In voting I gave this image a 5. This image is composed well for the most part, but would have been greatly improved had you moved to the left a few feet so the pole was not coming out of his head and so that he would be standing in front of the white background - this would have allowed him to become the focus of the image. As with your other two posted, the focus here is soft. I would bet, with the lens you used, that you really cropped this down, resulting in the softness.
I'd say you missed the essence of the Challenge while your shots does meet it in anoutside way.
If I took a picture of a guy that I know, who lied all the time...never told the truth and titled my shot "A Pure Bullshitter". Sure, it may be true and he may be pure in that but it's not what the Challenges voters were looking for.
I think the image does say 'Pure Passion (for Jazz)' however I think the pole going through the man's head and the limited contrast between the head and the background have let this image down.
IF the right background had been a little more contrasty or dark this would help to isolate person better. I wish the album was behind him so we could see both hands
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