Pic and Grin II by TomDart
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
I have not been so purplexed by a photo as this one! Redo, redo, redo. Even with some reluctance to do much postwork on an image, I did that for this one. Sure, the postwork is not expertly done.
What I want to know, is this one better than the one to the right on gallery thumbs? I want the feeling of "come on in" to the music jam session. These sessions of good old music grab the heart and make the feet move.
Please comment as you desire. Good day and peace.

Comments (12)
I sure enjoy the music of the scene; the old touch of the tones gives a hint of the early days of photography...good job!
Ohhh, Tom! This turned out GREAT!!! I went back and compared to the first one; :))))) GREAT JOB! I love this too .. very much. You have made the photo balanced beautifully...
good old hoe down. I just saw what you did and it look like you doing good in photoshop ;keep it up
I like what u did here! I think ur postwork is really cool on this one! It gives a very particular atmosphere to the shot! I like those "washed out" colors!!
the postwork does give it the aged effect, like the way you've captured them :)
you did a great job on the cloning tom... with computer editing at hand, as long as it's not suppose to be factual it's the final image that counts... perfect compo now! :]
Great job - looks like a good way to spend a summer afternoon or evening! Well done!
This is so ironic Tom, I have a photo of my uncle playing his banjo (I grew up on Bluegrass music, being from Kentucky and all) that I'd planned on posting today as well! I suppose great minds think alike, huh? Hope mine's as good as yours! wink
This is a great mood photo , you captured it well . I think your post work is good . have some faith in yourself . I love bluegrass and all the music of the south . My endless summers are from around Indy , In Indiana north of the picken and grin . I don't get around much in the gallerys , I also airbruch paint , It keeps me busy . I do thank you for your comments . ~~~GRRRRRRRRRRRR
yee haw play it boyz..!!! ... ((hoops and hollars) .. wonderful!!
The fault, if any, lies not in the image or the photographer, but in the pickers. How do you get the "come on in" feel when they are looking everywhere but at you, or even each other? Almost like being shunned, like none of them wanted to be seen there; I guess they weren't used to being photographed. (Perhaps if the fellow on the extreme left were moved to the opposite end of the picture, so that their gazes were toward each other?)
I hear this music, as this comes from "my neck of the woods"...to git thar attencion, you gotta fit in somehow, doin' a little jig to thar music will bring smiles upon thar faces for a better photo opp! (teasin')