He creates soulful music with his guitar and harmonica.
Straight shot. Color balance, Saturate a bit. cropped and USM.
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First of all, thanks for all your helpful comments and votes. yehey! top15!
The story about the photo:
Reason for the crop: I wanted to include the environment where the photo was taken- stairs of an underground passage where a number of other beggars were lined up. The man behind, in yellow shirt with a half cup in front him, was one of them.
The deep set of the man's eyes (some call it "panda eyes") is caused by his lack of eyes!- really deep in its sockets!
What this man lack in sight he compensates with his musical gift. I gave him something as a token so he won't forget the day i took his picture.
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An excellent shot. Great use of DOF, good composition. The yellow t-shirt in the background is slightly distracting - But I suppose you couldn't exactly ask him to move! Effective the way his eyes are in shadow like that.
This cries out urban to me. The detail of his face and hands is good. The guy in the background is a bit distracting and I think there's room to crop some of him out, even though your DOF did a good job of blurring him. The skin tones and light are done well. 8
I like the musician in the foreground, but I'd have used curves to avoid his panda eyes. The chap in the background looks like he has a spike growing out of his head. Dof works well here.
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