Pia, at La Paloma, tucson

scanned b+w print, available light, via the large picture window

reflected in the polished piano. La Paloma resort ballroom. any

oberservations, most welcome.

I like this image. Keep starring at it not sure why...

I would however crop the photo from the left slightly keeping the piano a bit more in the middle of the frame.

Gorgeous and moody image. I would be tempted to crop a little too. I know you are trying to maintain the sense of space and how the piano is dwarfed by it. But for me the instrument and woman are the focal point and I would like to see them dominate the frame more.

Love this photo! Impression of B&W, centering of composition, lighting and noises have a great effect! Congratulations...

Amazing shot. I love the mood. I think the as is crop gives the impression of a large space and solitude and lack of cosiness which I think suits the image/mood very well. Congrats Neil!

don't crop one bit off the left. she's looking to the left so you can have that space as a negative IMHO. if anything i would crop the pillar off the right and some down from the ceiling to keep the background one continous piece. This has the texture of HP5 pushed. beautiful b/w Neil. take care. J.K.

Amazing!. Very powerful image.

I'm going to incur some flack here, but I think the balance doesn't feel right. And those lights at the top give the image that odd mottled appearance when you agitate film too quickly during development. Here's my thought: no offence intended:

I have to agree Milo, the track lighting leaves that effect- on my monitor, and I like your cropping alot, its very clean and balanced. In person, its not there at all (the mottled effect) and comes across more natural. Its also much grainier, I should have noted this is tri-x pushed to 3200. 99% of the time, when shooting film, I print the entire negative, as I did here, a mild obsession I may never cure :) Thanks Milo, I really appreciate your insights and time.

great mood and light