The Orange Tuba

Please critique. Thanks, HJD

Love this picture. Mixing sepia and a bright orange like this is really creative. And the details, color, and composition are great. Really nice work!

i am not so sure i like the mixing of sepia with a reddish/orange tone (to me they kinda clash). i think perhaps leaving everything in b&w and having only the trumpet in red would have been more striking.

Very nice!!!!

Definitely original and I like the first impression as I wasn?t sure if you edited colors out or if the guy was standing in front of a poster

 

Cheers

I thought this was in front of a poster too...I think the tuba(?) player really stands out...and I'd like to see the original...I think he may still really stand out...or just desaturate the others just a little bit, add a little more color to them. But it's a great shot! More of your people of America series!

Well captured and nice chouse of color and seppia tune. Congrats

Attached is the original image before work in PS.

boy, that is definitely a bright reddish-orange tuba!

Very fun colors. He looks like he's wondering why you're taking a shot of him. lol. Fun processing.

I'd like to see the background in b/w with no fading as the tuba player already stands out in color. IMHO the faded sepia doesn't work well here because the boy in front who is faded will look artificial. That's why I suggest a normal B/W or sepia background.

 

As it is - very lively and attractive composition, however I do detect some unfinished lasso work on the base of the yellow shirt. (Just nit-picking but I always like clean images Dion.)

I like the original too! But I think your original has a better look! Good work.

i like what you have done but the colored portion is overpowering the photograph, if it was a longer shot it would have been better IMHO cheers!

Good work in PS however, I'm in agreement that I'd like to see this as a B&W image or just color. The orange in the tuba is too advancing for the rest of the image in the sepia but it's good in the color. Great shot.

AWESOME!!!! This is just AWESOME!! Wonderfully creative, Howard!!

Have to compliment you on your creativity. But I can't decide if I like the effect! I think the boy in the foreground bothers me more than the contrast of the sepia and color. Nevertheless, I applaud you for your effort, and vision.....