Compositon:
Your choice of subjects for this challenge hurt you I think. As many people said this would've been much better in a different challenge. The instruments are very small for being solely saturated. That said your framing is great. Your capture of this musical quartet is wonderful. It has a story to tell, and makes you want to know more.
Lighting:
Lighting is pretty good. The whites seem a tad on the over-exposed side, though just on the border of it.
Technical:
Perhaps a slightly smaller aperture would've blurred the background a bit better for you. As it is the stone columns look more in focus than the musicians. This is one of those photos where being forced down to 640 really hurts it. I think this would be extraordinary in it's full sized glory.
Post-processing:
Your desaturation looks good. Your subjects look a little soft. Presumably from the resizing. You might want to run unsharp mask after the final resize. You probably should've rotated the image a smidgen, as it is the steps are slightly crooked, which is slightly distracting.
Overall:
I think this would've scored much higher in a different challenge. I also think in it's full size it is probably a very unique and intriguing photo. My suggestions for improvement are rotating to get the steps straight, sharpening after resizing, and lastly while not appropriate for this challenge, I think you have a very strong completely black and white photo. In fact I think in black and white you could be talking ribbon worthy.
I like the mood, love the different poses. Great contrast, would really like to see this without the colors after the challenge. I like the tilt too, adds to the candidness.
Not a wise picture choice for this challenge - the little details don't jump out - a closer crop may have helped....... but you'd loose the people on the end. Overall - a damn good effort - you have wonderful workmanship skills for detail.
Very nice. The only thing that bothers me is the red strap on the guitar. I don't think it was neccesary. Less is more, I guess. But still a great image.
oh wow!!!!! This is awesome!!! I want to know the story behind it....please share. A very rare 10 from me...here's why:
I've said it before - a photo should tell a story (in my opinion). When you look at this shot, a story unfolds. Is this a family band? School kids waiting to play for the President? Dunno...that's the beauty of it. You can make it whatever you want. Thanks for sharing
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