Violin

I have the colour original of this photo but I think it works better

in black and white, I am new to Photoshop so any comments on the

photograph or image manipulation would be great !! Many thanks.

This is the original colour file..........

Both images are excellent, but I agree with you, the Black and White is more striking.

The B&W version works better, if you want to modify it in Photoshop, remove all the colors expect Violins reddy-brown.

 

 

Nice photo. I like the diagonal line marked by the arch. Perfect exposure also.

Nice composition and lighting

It seems that he is communicating with the violin...hearing it what is is trying to tell him. And bending his head a little with benevolent understanding. A master and his tool.

Great lighting and composition! I prefer the b&w, it has so much more feeling. From my viewpoint, I'd like to see his right hand burned down a little. Nice work!

Excellent B & W...

You captured a great moment, I like the idea that Mahrashk Meidani had you could play around on Photoshop.. by highlighting the violin and making a new layer.. then make the background b&w thus leaving the voilin it orginial color.

Good composition and cropping! Very well done.

 

Conveys the feeling of the musician lost deep in the music he is creating. I like the way the composition leads you into the violinist face.

I wanted to see what it looked like.. I like the difference, but I'm sure it has been done before.

What do you think of this ?

Thank you Jame,

 

You did a better job than me, I am still getting to grips with photoshop.....

I am going to go back to the embankment in Central London and find this guy so I can give him the photo I printed out for him (I will take all three versions for him).

He was standing in the middle of all these book stalls at the riverside just playing away, lost in his music.

 

Thank you to everyone for the really kind and constructive comments.

 

Bridget Hunt

This reminds me of some of the old school paintings of famous people - like paintings of Aristotle with the bust of Homer, etc... sort of the dramatic and yet crusty portrait with personality. My only suggestion would be to have included more of the left side - the hand is a bit too close to the left edge for me - I like the color and the B&W, but the red violin with the B&W doesn't work so well =)

The decision to convert to B/W was definitely the right one. The conversion is extremely good with excellent contrast and tonal range. Composition couldn't better. I love the concentration he seems to convey.

I am very happy that this photo has drawn so much of comments towards itself. Thanks for creating reddy-brown version.

I want to open a new discussion here; Don't you think he is sunk in love? I have not been able to listen to his music but for me, this picture sings. If you find him again, ask him about his God. Ask him what color is his god when he is fiddling.

I see God beauties in his hands and hairs.

 

 

I see Bridget you do have PS. :) I raved on in previous comment. This is fabulous too!

Yes he most certainly is lost in his music, I love to watch people who become so involved in what they love doing their faces take on otherworldly expressions...beautiful man.

This photo also is very good. I vote for B&W version, it's much stronger.

Bridget! THIS image is THE PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

OF your two images of this man with the violin, this one is so amazing, it needs to be seen by everyone. The B&W version is so much more powerful than the color. I urge you to have a proper 4x5 size quality interneg made and get some museum grade archival prints done. THEN - find someone to help you have this image made into a poster and market it worldwide.

 

One of the reasons this image works even better than the other is because you've got his bow perfectly angled from the lower left corner of the frame to the upper right corner. His downward gaze make him look as though he were the world's greatest concert vilionist, yet his Roman nose and 16th century beard and hair suggest he's been transported from the time of Leonardo da Vinci - in fact, he looks very much like what many art experts and historians believe da Vinci might have looked like. The lighting is absolutely brilliant and finally, his hands (one up, one down) balance the frame, which has been set off beautifully by the gorgeously out of focus and intelligently framed background shadows! WONDERFUL WONDERFUL IMAGE!

i prefere the black and white version...anyway its veryy good i nearly can hear the music..., u caught the atmosphre

Again an excellent portrait, much better in BW than in full colors. The red violin version is not so powerfull, because the different colors draw to much attention to the violin. The BW one is so good as to hang it as a poster in a music-instruments shop. Also, if I may humbly suggest, the man's right hand is too close to the edge of the photograph.

Good Bridget, I like this one too...Anna

Lovely, but not as compelling a composition as the first - objects in the back are more distracting.

You are so talented and creative...no other version is better than your first in b&w