Guitar Man

bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
edited March 19, 2013 in Street and Documentary
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2013
    Wonderful mood , elements, and expression. :wow:wow:wow

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2013
    lensmole wrote: »
    Wonderful mood , elements, and expression. :wow:wow:wow

    Outside of the light which fell on him, his overall demeanor attracted me as well.

    Original title was "Elvis ?" :D
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  • kixsandkixsand Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2013
    I find the composition a little awkward...the way he's tipping the guitar up it's almost like he's trying to keep from falling out of the frame. I wish he had more room on his left side so that we could lose the bikes to his right.

    I like the harsh shadows playing across his face though.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2013
    kixsand wrote: »
    I find the composition a little awkward...the way he's tipping the guitar up it's almost like he's trying to keep from falling out of the frame. I wish he had more room on his left side so that we could lose the bikes to his right.

    I like the harsh shadows playing across his face though.

    Perhaps he just trying not to fall down, period or pleading for more attention or .........

    I actually purposefully kept the bikes in, did a crop the other way didn't care for it.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited March 13, 2013
    Made me think of Johnny Cash more than Elvis. I like the bikes--they go with what I imagine the character to be.
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2013
    IMHO the bikes are what makes this image happen .

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2013
    Precisely, Lens. Composition is excellent. I might do some dodging to give us a but more sense of the right side of his face, and that whatever on the wall to his right.
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  • kixsandkixsand Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2013
    You know, I'm warming to this more and more...if I accept that the bikes are an integral part of the image, the composition suddenly works...everything balances very nicely.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2013
    Richard wrote: »
    Made me think of Johnny Cash more than Elvis. I like the bikes--they go with what I imagine the character to be.

    You are quite right.
    lensmole wrote: »
    IMHO the bikes are what makes this image happen .

    How I saw it.
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Precisely, Lens. Composition is excellent. I might do some dodging to give us a but more sense of the right side of his face, and that whatever on the wall to his right.

    Thanks and I'll take a second look.
    kixsand wrote: »
    You know, I'm warming to this more and more...if I accept that the bikes are an integral part of the image, the composition suddenly works...everything balances very nicely.

    Excellent to hear!!
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