Barbershop

[BobDavid]

nighttime hours  V1 & V2

[RSL]

Ah! Now you're back to the Bob David style. Fine shot. Keep shooting.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Ah! Now you're back to the Bob David style. Fine shot. Keep shooting.

+1.

It's nice to see the Night Stalker (with camera) back in action.

[BobDavid]

I'm thinking the picture is too dark, with the exception of the windows.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

You could bring the building up a little, but don't open the background.

[francois]

You could bring the building up a little, but don't open the background.

Yes, good advice. The background must stay as it is (ie very dark).

[BobDavid]

Yes, good advice. The background must stay as it is (ie very dark).

Agreed, thanks.

[BobDavid]

Still massaging this--for the web and for print...

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

No,  no, no! Bringing out the blu sky makes sense. Bringing out the front wall absolutely not. It now competes for attention and offers nothing in exchange.

[RSL]

+1. I agree absolutely with what Slobodan said.

[BobDavid]

No,  no, no! Bringing out the blu sky makes sense. Bringing out the front wall absolutely not. It now competes for attention and offers nothing in exchange.

Funny you point that out. As a print, the wall isn't nearly as "bright." This photo is causing me to pull out my hair. It seems to require two treatments: one for print and another for the screen. ... I'm trying to find a solution that works for print as well as the web. Maybe that's not in the cards. 

Lately, I've been wondering about that edge where a print is low key and yet still draws the viewer in. Low key works well with characters and pretty models ... I haven't yet found a secret sauce for this particular picture. ... I like the image, so I'll revisit the file in a week or so. I may go back to the site and rephotograph it with an A7r2. I've hammered this Pen F file pretty hard.

Thanks for the feedback.

[32BT]

Ah! Now you're back to the Bob David style. Fine shot. Keep shooting.

+2

The original image looks fine on both my computer and tablet. The wall and its texture is visible and definitely shouldn't be lighter which does take away the attention from what happens inside. The tonality and sharpness of the inside also looked fine on both devices.

I like the dark surrounding because that's what makes it a classic Bob David for me: an urban object that has been taken to stand out from its context, so that you're forced to concentrate on that something alone.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Of all the versions so far, I much prefer the original. I find the blue sky in the lighter versions distracting and irrelevant.
To me, the original has the feel of a Classic Bobdavid.

[RSL]

+ several.