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The Blind Musicman
The Blind Musicman
davidus428


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Live Music (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D100
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Location: Underground pass, Manila
Date: Aug 14, 2005
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Performance, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Aug 14, 2005

 He creates soulful music with his guitar and harmonica.

Straight shot. Color balance, Saturate a bit. cropped and USM.

Post challenge:
First of all, thanks for all your helpful comments and votes. yehey! top15!

The story about the photo:
Reason for the crop: I wanted to include the environment where the photo was taken- stairs of an underground passage where a number of other beggars were lined up. The man behind, in yellow shirt with a half cup in front him, was one of them.

The deep set of the man's eyes (some call it "panda eyes") is caused by his lack of eyes!- really deep in its sockets!

What this man lack in sight he compensates with his musical gift. I gave him something as a token so he won't forget the day i took his picture.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 210
Avg (all users): 6.4347
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1098
Avg (non-participants): 6.5333
Views since voting: 1871
Views during voting: 501
Votes: 352
Comments: 25
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 08/24/2005 09:34:22 PM
A great delivery. Congratulations on your top twenty finish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2005 04:38:15 AM
chong lupet
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2005 01:14:39 AM
i really liked this shot and wished it could have ended up higher in the rankings. still a very good job and congrats on the top 20

Message edited by author 2005-08-24 01:14:59.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2005 12:26:47 AM
Thanks for all your wonderful comments and votes.
Here are some takes of the same subject.


BnW and cropped version
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/23/2005 07:14:45 AM
Good capture! The only thing I might do different would be a tighter crop to remove some of the people on the left side. They are a bit distracting.
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 08/22/2005 08:46:51 PM
Very nice.. among the best!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2005 06:57:30 PM
Very nice, you can feel a lot of emotion and desperation in this. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2005 05:03:04 AM
Nice story telling, did you experiment with this one? just wondering what B/w would have looked like.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2005 10:09:45 PM
Virtually a one man band. Bumping up on great candid capture with good color and focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2005 02:07:57 PM
An excellent shot. Great use of DOF, good composition. The yellow t-shirt in the background is slightly distracting - But I suppose you couldn't exactly ask him to move! Effective the way his eyes are in shadow like that.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2005 08:42:20 AM
Great picture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2005 07:52:00 PM
amazing one, i really like the whole setuation
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2005 03:57:46 PM
Wow! Absolutely fabulous use of shallow DOF! Favourite.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2005 01:19:51 AM
Beautiful, touching shot. A perfect 10 from me. In this moment in time you have managed to present more than just a moment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/19/2005 10:07:16 PM
10 all the way. This shot blows the others out of the water. Superb, excellent, brilliant. 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/19/2005 07:25:49 PM
This image projects lots of feeling. I like how you handled the lighting. Good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/18/2005 08:34:10 PM
Very emotive photo, well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 11:01:36 PM
amazing, I cant believe how perfect this is!
11
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 10:32:58 PM
10
great image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 10:05:40 PM
This cries out urban to me. The detail of his face and hands is good. The guy in the background is a bit distracting and I think there's room to crop some of him out, even though your DOF did a good job of blurring him. The skin tones and light are done well. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 06:23:46 PM
Would be perfect if not for the people on the left.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 01:13:10 PM
I like the musician in the foreground, but I'd have used curves to avoid his panda eyes. The chap in the background looks like he has a spike growing out of his head. Dof works well here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 01:07:25 PM
great emotional piece the shadowed eyes work here because of the homeless conontations
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 12:51:48 PM
Nice DOF. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2005 06:48:04 AM
Great photo. It would have been nice to have he whole head and a crop of about a cm on the left. How would it look in B&W?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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