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Is #1 the original? If not, what does the original look like.
As far as the image - IMO you used to short a focal length (30mm), and the lighting isn't helping much.
There is no problem having the background blurred, but the blurred immediate foreground robs a lot of strength from the image. Actually, I think the image would have been very much stronger if the guitarist's hand and arm had been inside the DOF.
It's also unfortunate you had to use ISO 1600. The posterization in the #3 edit looks so poor.
As far as the image - IMO you used to short a focal length (30mm), and the lighting isn't helping much.
There is no problem having the background blurred, but the blurred immediate foreground robs a lot of strength from the image. Actually, I think the image would have been very much stronger if the guitarist's hand and arm had been inside the DOF.
It's also unfortunate you had to use ISO 1600. The posterization in the #3 edit looks so poor.
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