Phoenix gangbanger

I took this several years ago with a Canon Elan IIe while working

the police beat for a Phoenix newspaper. I recently had the

negatives scanned onto a CD. I removed the color which gives it more

impact, in my opinion.

Yes, that is a cop behind him, a member of the Phoenix Police gang unit. I wish I could do something to increase the quality of the photo.

i dont like the blr around the lights, is that photoshop?

beside the quality it s a very god documentary shot. congrats

Excellant shot, but what's the mess above their heads?

The mess above their heads is the spotlight from the police car behind them. This is the first of four shots that I took of this guy getting arrested. The rest are in my portfolio. I'm going to try and clear up that noise in the background. Thanks for the comments. It's well appreciated.

Nope not that Carlos. It looks as if you have run the blur tool across the picture from one side to the other just above their heads.

I'm not sure what I did, but I just replaced it with another version that I did not mess with as much in photoshop and I think it's better.

Yeah that looks better. Though I'm not sure about changing what you have offered for critique after it's been critiqued. Better to add photo on below or to create a new post.

Great shot though!