A Trumpet

I am interested in finding where my pictures stand.

As a former trumpet player, I have to wonderwhy the trumpet is being held in such anawkward position. The valves are normallyoperated by the index, middle, and ring fingers,and the left hand is normally around the middle ofof the valves, unlike in your photo. I know that's a little thing, but it grates onme just like when an actor on TV pretends to take a picture while holding the camera grosslywrong, or when an old manual camera makes a motorized sound, etc.

But the concept is nice, and the lighting ispleasant. Instead of making it a cold blue tone,I might try giving the whole photo a very warmtone, reminiscent of copper and brass litby a warm light on a smoky stage.

I am bothered by the lack of depth of field and the washed out skin tones. Kevin

Trumpetboy's right. This is akin to taking a chessboard product shot with the pieces set up incorrectly. And shots like this that work usually have great skin definition (maybe older hands).