Well, the second is a better picture of the guitarist (or at least more interesting). The look on the trumpeter's face is still not too great. I'd say the second shot is an improvement overall.
Bruce Friday, March 18, 2005, 4:25:37 PM, you wrote: ft> Okay, ya gotta help me out here. ft> A couple of weeks or a month ago, I posted a couple of shots of my ft> buddy Tim, a bike courier/jazz trumpeter, taken at his Tuesday night ft> jam session at a local bar. Basically, the comments were more or less ft> that it was a pretty boring shot. Nothing compelling, not much of ft> interest. I think those comments were pretty accurate. ft> Just to jog your memory, here's the one that got the most "mundane" ft> comments (the comments weren't mundane, rather, the shot was judged to ft> be mundane...): ft> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3115576&size=lg ft> So, here's another taken on the same night. (This one's actually the ft> PAW) I think the body positions of the two players is a bit more ft> interesting, and I think maybe the angle of the trumpet is a bit more ft> compelling: ft> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3207780&size=lg ft> What do you think? Is it a bit more interesting? Pretty much the ft> same old thing? Am I just barking up the wrong tree with this one? ft> I did take some with different focal length lenses, including some ft> wide angle shots, but for various reasons, they really didn't turn ft> out. Part of the problem is where they were playing - the background ft> was really distracting, and I feel I need a narrow dof to blur it so ft> it's not so noticeable. ft> Anyway, your comments are appreciated. I'm not so good at concert ft> shots, and feedback will help some. That, and just going out and ft> shooting more <vbg>. Thanks. ft> cheers, ft> frank
