folk music

A fabulous character portrait of a folk musician. I love everything about this image -- the angle, composition, the old man's expression, even the puzzling background. Superb work.

i like this portrait very much. the structure of the background is also good. I would like to get the person more out of the background, by blurring it a little bot or ...?

Best robertO

I agree, outstanding capture. The title well describes this scene. This is probably one very interesting chap! Very well done.

Many thanks for any critique.

man too old :-)

I am sorry, but he can't help his age...that's just the way he is.

A little less DOF would have been better. but nice pic.

Would this picture benifit to print on a paper with lesser grade? Or is it a scan issue?

 

The picture is great, but the tonality can be better IMO.

The sunlight is too strong for this one. The subject is interesting. The background can be better.

This is 1993 but could have been decades earlier, so timeless is the feel of the subject.The harsh lighting makes his features look so craggy you could almost believe he had been carved out of the rock behind him, an impression reinforced by his stillness. The lighting is hard and the depth of field could ideally have been more shallow to separate the figure from the background.This one of those shots that throws more light on a culture than on the person in front of the camera -more documentary, less work of art.

I bet where you shot this photo, there are many many other great things to shoot :)

he seems like he has such great stories to tell, i love your subject