De fotoserie heb ik al met plezier bewonderd op je andere site.. hier vind ik het licht zelfs nog wat mooier als de eerste post. Maakt het totaalbeeld veelzeggend. Fotografie waar je zeer goed in bent en waar ik zeer van geniet! Mich ps.. veel geluk in de contest!

Hee John,
Een goed begin van dit nieuwe jaar!
Wens je veel succes met deze mooie inzending!
Groeten
Jaap

John, straatsinger herinnert me aan David Crosby, van Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar aan u en beste wensen in de wedstrijd.

Guess I will be the first to type in English. I was too lazy to go to Google Translator.
A good entry John. I wish you good luck in the contest.

TicK

Excellent portrait. He reminds me of David Crosby. They look a lot alike. The highlights are well placed.

Oh, he's hot stuff!...lol...Great capture and a fine entry!

John, like to wish you and yours a good and healthy 2011.
It's nice to see that Moti is still in such a good shape. I've admired your previous posts of him. This one is a very good one as well, mostly because the expression on his face. A very proper item for the contest.
Good Luck, mate.
Regards, Cornelius.

I love the way the sunlight is filtering through his hair. Fantastic shot
~Kim

Well done. Excellent photo.

This comment is from Les (purmusic)

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Constructive critique of "Streetsinger 2", from yours truly:

Composition is quite good, one of your innate strengths and demonstrated many times over in your other work.

Eyes appear to be placed just right. As is, the overall portraiture within and in frame.

Caveats?

Colours appear a lil' 'red'. Although, given the challenging lighting conditions ... understandable (the amount of direct light must have played havoc with the White Balance .. is my thought here). Suggestion, that might provide some more visual impact ... would have been to convert to B & W. And in turn, tackle/address the colourations that resulted.

I, personally, prefer the first version.

The backlighting, although still strong in that photo ... is more of just that.

Now? Some overexposure problems have crept in. Washing out detail in your subject's hair and side of his face.

Perhaps, as a suggestion ... coming around with camera position, some ... and then the use of some fill flash might have resulted in the same 'artistic aim' that I perceive in this reincarnation and with the original.

Being bold here, if I had received your image in the voting booth? I most likely would have assigned a 'generous' 4. As I am actually leaning towards that of a 3. (It's the overexposed areas that don't 'do it' for me.)

Still and with all that said, I enjoy this candid portrait and street shot. It is, however, not one of your best (still being bold here).
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John