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Through the door darkly, he plays his lonely music.



Critique welcome

Wow Chris, Wow!

Took a while to load, and I was wondering what i'd see.... don't think I've seen too many shots posted here with this kind of style and what I might try to term 'art processing' its really something else. I'd love a few details on how you acheive the affects you have in this shot, as it's masterfully done. I found the ceiling light a little distracting till I identified it, but I really like this.. its something very different.. please provide more information behind the shot, whole the musician is.. where it was shot.

great ....... shows a lot of feeling and mood.......the effect is good and works very well with the image.........but I know that the door way is important to the overall feeling of the image but for me there is a bit too much black at the bottom of the shot which I find a bit of a distraction from the overall feel of a great image........ maybe a slight crop from the bottom

I really like this image. The fact that you cannot see his face adds the mystery (and tension) to the image. Nice work.

Sheila

Chris,
Another fine example of your skills as a photographer. You can really feel the mood of this image. I agree that a slight crop from the bottom would enhance it a little. Well done, I like this a lot!

Thanks Craig - shot with a Nikkormat FTn on Kodachrome circa 1969. The person in the shot was my best buddy who I have not seen in over 33 years. Shot in his bedsit in Hammersmith, London.

Scanned and then pp’ed with levels and a colour sepia fade added via a Nik filter. I also decreased noise and added a level of despeckle.

Excellent, mysteriously looking image. I love it.

Alex

I thought about cropping the bottom but I wanted a long lead in to the subject to emphasis the loneliness

Thanks for the critique and compliments.

Ooh.. I like this. It's interesting to see what things looked like WAY before I was BORN!

Chris, this is EXCELLENT! I like the sepia colours you used in the pp, really sets the mood.

What a terrific and artistic image Chris love its emmotive quality. Under normal circumstances I'd crop the darkness from the bottom, and though it looks good doing that as well, I think the darkness top and bottom of frame create a balance that adds to the image's impact. Great shot
cheers
marco

Potatis wrote:Ooh.. I like this. It's interesting to see what things looked like WAY before I was BORN!

You young thang you Yes, everything was in pastels and out of focus back then

sirhc55 wrote:

Potatis wrote:Ooh.. I like this. It's interesting to see what things looked like WAY before I was BORN!

You young thang you Yes, everything was in pastels and out of focus back then

The world was not in color until after color TV

Chris, I wouldn't crop, I think if this were mounted you would regret chopping off the bottom. Good work of the "hand colored" look

Very nice Chris. There is something almost Whilstler'ish about it.

Chris. This image is perfect and a testament to your skills. Seeing work of this quality from you taken 35 + years ago explains a lot about the high quality of what you do now. In 35 years time I'll be too old to even take a photo (if I'm still walking)

Great moody shot Chris. The colour and tonality really suit the style of shot.

great shot and very good processing.. suits the subject very well.

cheers

I love the lighting in this shot its an excellent image

Cheers
rod

Thanks to everyone - this shot proves that sometimes you can get something out of a shot that was initially due to be binned

excellent composition and mood, the colour tone is gorgeous. Do i detect the subtle use of smart blur on this image?
what is it exactly somone in his room playing a guitar or a guitarist in his studio?

The colour on this shot is great Chris. Lovely and soft. Great leading lines to the guitar player too. Nice

An old friend Wendell from years ago trying his hand at learning the guitar. There were a few treatments on this including (I now remember) duplex colour from the Nik filter set.

Mighty fine pic!
As for the cropping, if it were me personally, I would take just a fraction from the bottom where the last detail on the left side of the doorway can be seen but no biggie either way.