Music Director shot. Thoughts?

Maxxamillian

This is from a snapshot that I was VERY lucky to get.

Music Director for a group I was asked to follow to Seattle for a music competition:

Edit: As promised: The head was incredibly easy to fix...why I didn't think outside the box more is beyond me (a good reason to keep coming back to this board...)

I included a crop that draws more attention to the hands as well. Thanks to all who commented. Another lesson for me to be more proactive and curious rather than reactive and accepting.





The original:
The only snapshot I had to work with...

lyttleviet

I like it. The tone is very fitting. I wish his head wasn't cut off though .

Maxxamillian

lyttleviet wrote:

I like it. The tone is very fitting. I wish his head wasn't cut off though .

Ditto...I'm lucky to have this shot-he only held the pose briefly:(

divamum

It really is a bummer about his head, because other than that I think it's an absolutely WONDERFUL shot.

Did you get any others at all, even bad ones? All you need is to steal the top of his noggin and composite it in - since the bg is black you can easily fudge that in PS

Qarik

awesome shot if it wern't for the clipped head. Also if he been holding a baton in his hands..

pathfinder

Interesting lighting.

Is the shot really of his head or of his hands?

You might try a crop of just his back with his hands, and lose the head entirely.

Might work.

sweet caroline

pathfinder wrote:

Interesting lighting.

Is the shot really of his head or of his hands?

You might try a crop of just his back with his hands, and lose the head entirely.

Might work.

This is an interesting idea. I like the photo overall, but the hands are quite interesting.

Maxxamillian

Thanks!
I get more valuable feedback on this board than the others that I am on...thanks everyone for taking the time...

I wont be able to get at this picture until later Tuesday--but I am going to try both approaches (crop and to see if I cant fix the head). I'll also post the original I worked from ("snapshot" barely does it justice).

It will be interesting to see if I can crop and keep the mood or fix the head and make it look real.

Maxxamillian

Bumped with fixes.

divamum

For me, the added head works a TREAT! Well done - that's impressive cloning/patching/merging.

As for the crop version... what about coming in even closer? It's tough, because there are so few visual clues as to who/what he is (oh, if he'd been holding the baton how great that would have been!)

Great job!

Frog Lady

nice job w/ the head fix. I am even more impressed at the final given the snap you started with. You showed some great vision and produced a very nice final product.

C.

Hackbone

Being a retired band director I'm biased but anyway......great shot and retouching!!!