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Listen music in technical details.

 

Thank you.

Miguel, think him sittig too far away. The total is just too clean now. Succes!

Great shot ,fine mood!Regards

Magnifica iluminacion

Strong, beautiful, like the mood, colours, compo - but the light makes it alive..

Que preciosidad de luz, y que intimidad hay en ese ambiente, en la musica que se intuye. Excelente composicion y sensacion espacial.

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Beautiful lighting & mood here. I think I would crop a bit of the steps off at bottom

Interesting...but I sort of like the stairs as they are. They bring the viewer deeper into the photo, helping to emphasize the unique perspective as well as the essence of solitude that is already well-conveyed by the use of lighting and color. Maybe the darkest stair (closest to the bottom) could be cropped a bit, but the darkness at the bottom balances with that at the top of the photo...

I think the position of the man is perfect as far as the rule of thirds go, also, there are no awkward crops. The way the light hits every surface creating highlights and shadows really makes the photo work even more, and conveys a serene mood for me. Great execution!

It is beautiful and simple composition that invites my attention to enter the musician's world. (I suppose it's about a real musician.)The stairs mysteriously invite and lead inside of musician's, not just music, but soul and emotions that are bright as light which reflects from the window, shining through. The sense of the closed window apprehends and maintain the whole sensible mood that pervades photograph. But also it locks the sensibility from the outside, from the observer who clearly communicates with it.

It's simple without being boring. Diagonals are used well, subject placing is perfect, lighting is excellent and works well to set a mood. All around, really a great photo!

for me, this photo just seems so sterile. I have no criticism as to the handling of the light, the composition or such, it is just that things are too perfect and it really ends up not saying too much to me.

 

It feels like a commercial set up, but without a direction as to what emotion this is trying to convey and no "point of view". The man with the violin is so perfectly arranged that he shows no emotion in his face or body, as one expects from a musician who is engrossed in his play. The set is also too perfect. The perfectly aligned objects on the window ledge can happen, but seems like an unimaginative set up.

 

Again, I have no complaints about the technical aspects of this photograph, it is just that it is too staged and sterile. I think this photographer has other photos, out of the studio, that show more of a personal point of view and style, while this feels like an exercise.

Una imagen intimista con un ambiente muy conseguido. Mi sincera felicitacion y un fuerte abrazo.

 

An image intimist one with a very obtained environment. My sincere letter of congratulation and a strong embrace.

Estupenda puesta en escena,muy intimista.Un acierto el acompa? amiento musical.

Marvelous staging, quite rightly accompanied intimista.Un? Amiento music.

Muy bonita foto, me gusta mucho la luz que se ve en la fotografia. Felicitaciones...

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Very nice photo, I like very much the light that is seen in the photography. Congratulations...

Mona Chrome couldn't translate the image better! Very brutal: the shot has nothing to do with music nor photographing. It's like stationing a brand new car in a brand new garage while proudly saying: "That's driving..!"

Mona hit the nail on the head. i too find it hard to tell where this image wants to take me emotionally. i dont agree with Mona's interpretation of the window decoration though, because i think people like symetry; i might not call it credible (i guess the chosen objects are a bit too arbitrary) but possible nevertheless.

although the image is very well lit i find it empty somehow. maybe i also have a problem with the position of the player, i'd like to see him sitting on the floor leaned against the wall, which would also open new possibilities, compositionwise.

i find alot of Miguel's work very appealing, but this leaves me strangely disaffected.

I love the lighting here. I am not into the violin world, but I connected to this photo because of it's structure and mood. It really highlights the colors...

 

Very nice.

The successful treatment of the light enriches the beautiful atmosphere of the house interior.

The nice view point from the top of the stairs and the natural unforced pose of the violinist are among the strong points of this image.

I agree that this is all "too" neat and tidy, but it is at least a commandable effort in terms of light and composition. I would hope for a little more emotion somehow. But if this is meant for a commercial, then perhaps it makes sense to keep it all so neat - that would depend on what this is supposed to advertise, and what tag line goes with it, etc. Anyway, I'd rather see something too perfect, than something not perfect enough, and I think it's a good POW, since it takes us directly to the link (or lack thereof) between perfection and emotion.

Dia dhuit, I'm afraid Mona Chrome just about sums up my feelings on this photo. Just what is it about? Good photos for me usually ask questions requiring some sort of cerebral effort on my behalf.Some ask the big questions...."Who am I. What am I doing here. Where am I going". Other photos simply ask " Who killed Roger Rabbit". I'm sorry to say that for me this photo falls into the latter rather than into the former category.I hope I don't sound too mean in my criticism because I think Miguel is a very talented photographer who has many photos in his portfolio which I think are far better than the one chosen by the elves. In fact the previous two Photos of the week were in my opinion very inferior to many other photos in their respective portfolios.I think this is possibly unfair to the photographers in question. So I would like to ask Miguel directly if he is happy that the chosen photo is represenative of the best of his work and which of his photos he himself would chose if he as to have a say in the matter.

Best wishes. Slan....FRANK.

I wonder, if the violin/violinist is removed from this scene, is this a dramatic change for the viewer? To me, at least, it still says the same thing, which means, that while it is a visually pleasing composition, there is some thematic confusion. Is it about the space or is it about the music or is it about the violinist? Great lighting and color, though. This is coming from one much less mature a photographer than Miguel.

 

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This is a pleasant photo but it doesn't jump off the paper and arrest one's attention. The elements each can be worked into a captivating photo but this isn't it. I would suggest that it would look much more interesting shot from below, on the bottom of the ascending stairwell with the violin player at the top of the landing and the window providing hairline and high-key light.