This is a 10. No way around it. Nice tight crop without losing the (necessary) gravestone in the background. Desaturation is perfect. Composition is great. Three ideas: 1) Don't crop out the shadow of the sax at the first turn (under the mouthpiece)-it's kinda tight there. 2) Maybe throw just a little light into the business end of the sax to give it some shadow detail 3) Same for the gravestone in the background. Just a small amount of soft light to give it a little more standout detail. Don't know how those all would look, but it would be interesting to see the difference. Anyway, it's still a 10 in my book. Also an "added favorite". Thanks.
I would have blurred the tombstone to the left...it is the only flaw in the shot IMHO. Or maybe have shot further from the Horn stone and bluured all the background. Still a winning shot in concept and execution. 8!