Saxophone Player in San Francisco

[alexrmay91]

This is a shot i took in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park. I wish I could use my new T2I to try out some similar shots, but such is life.

Camera: Canon SX10 IS
Shutter speed: 1/160
Aperture: 5
Focal Length: 82.3mm or 460mm (35mm equiv.) (5.6x focal length due to sensor)
ISO: 200

What is your overall opinion of the image? Any specific flaws that you can spot? I may have over-contrasted the image when converting it to black and white. Thats sort of the look I was going for, but my opinion doesn't matter when other people are looking at it. Do you think the saxophone is too blown out and the jacket too dark, or do you like that?

[carlyfan]

I like this shot; I think it's really cool. I think the background is a little distracting, but sometimes you just can't help that. Also I noticed some sort of fuzz or something on his jacket, maybe that could be taken out in PP? Great photo though, and I don't mind the contrast. But that's just my opinion.

[highlydope]

I also like this shot but I do feel that the HDR like halo around he image and the highlights on the sax are a little overpowering and the background is too saturated and dark. The white fibers on the jacket could be removed as well. If you can edit in photoshop or similar all of these problems can be corrected fairly easily. I personally want this image to be over the top artistic, or very traditional and lifelike, but what I see here is something in between which feels very undecided to me. I'd err on the side of less is more I think but you never know until you start playing. Good luck.