This was taken at Bath Christmas Market when we did a College trip down there. It was a bit wet but otherwise great fun photographically and my camera survived the rain. There were a lot of street photography opportunities around, this one is my favourite as it shows the violinist in action whilst being painted by a street artist. The backdrop of the old dairy is I feel complementary and I like the way the door in the middle is a third point of interest, making me wonder whether a third person will emerge from it to the reception of music and art! I tried a few different crops, I was limited in where I stood by the sheer volume of people around, and I also don't like the blue noticeboard on the right hand side but when I tried to crop or clone it out it didn't look right so instead I just desaturated and darkened it from what it was originally. Maybe the violinist's red violin case and luggage trolley could do with desaturating as well but I left them unaltered to get opinions on it. Also should I crop the writing out or leave it in as while it provides a sense of place is it distracting? Plenty to discuss. As usual 800px doesn't really do it justice.
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This was taken at Bath Christmas Market when we did a College trip down there. It was a bit wet but otherwise great fun photographically and my camera survived the rain. There were a lot of street photography opportunities around, this one is my favourite as it shows the violinist in action whilst being painted by a street artist. The backdrop of the old dairy is I feel complementary and I like the way the door in the middle is a third point of interest, making me wonder whether a third person will emerge from it to the reception of music and art! I tried a few different crops, I was limited in where I stood by the sheer volume of people around, and I also don't like the blue noticeboard on the right hand side but when I tried to crop or clone it out it didn't look right so instead I just desaturated and darkened it from what it was originally. Maybe the violinist's red violin case and luggage trolley could do with desaturating as well but I left them unaltered to get opinions on it. Also should I crop the writing out or leave it in as while it provides a sense of place is it distracting? Plenty to discuss. As usual 800px doesn't really do it justice.