'The Mad Accordionist' (II)

This is the second image of 'The Mad Accordionist' taken under

streetlights (partly) with a D2Xs cranked up to ISO 3200 and

compressed with a 200 mm zoom tele. Your ratings and critiques are

invited and most welcome for this, taking into account that it is not

strictly representational and is not posted to be a 'picture' as such but

as a work of art taken on the street, and is designed to elicit emotions

or a 'response' for its aesthetics (or lack thereof). If you rate or critique

harshly or very critically, please contribute a constructive and helpful

comment. Thank you for sharing your photographic knowledge to help

improve my photography. Enjoy! John

a completely blurred photo?! But, hey there is something to it. It seems the white of his eye just visible between flying hair is taking the role of a visual anchor - it's a center-point. Moving hair and just right amount of motion blur of the accordeon (nicely lit, by the way) make this a lively scene - I can almost hear his music...

cheers, Wolfgang

this is a crazy musical shoot.

and (as musician) I love it

thanks

balthazar m.

If I were motivated by high rates and views only, I never would have posted this, but along with another of the same guy in the same genre, I regard it as a piece of 'art', as I think maybe you do.

There really is 'something to this', despite all its blurriness.  There are a number of 'conventions' on Photo.net and one of them is ultra sharpness, especially noted in the threads and forums where members argue about the relative sharpness of this or that lens, but although I do like sharp lenses for one or another thing, I also like blurs, and this certainly is one of them.

I have other, less blurry shots, of this guy, but I opted, in this, and in another, for the most blurry and what I felt was the most interesting -- those which conveyed a 'feeling'.  I think I may have succeeded (for you anyway).

Best wishes.

john

John (Crosley)

There is the virtual equivalent of much prose on this site -- clear, crisp, incisive photos, that tell just exactly what the photographer meant to convey.

This, on the other hand is meant to be visual 'poetry' rather than prose.

I think in your comment you grasped that idea entirely.  I'm glad as a musician (and as a true photo connoisseur) you seemed to have grasped that idea.

I jump from idea to idea and genre to genre, and am kind of hard to pin down.

One day I'm the 'pornographer', the next the 'storyteller', and another the visual poet-- others even a landscaper.

I just like taking pictures that please (and sometimes do not).  I post the ones that please me or I feel I want feedback on.

Yours pleased me immensely.

john

John (Crosley)

that's what I call generosity

pleased to please

b.