Street Performer

A lovely picture of Bath Abbey, Daneland. I always smile when I see the angels descending Jacob‘s ladder upside down! I suppose that the artist had no other way of distinguishing.

The violinist in the foreground has a strange-looking loudspeaker with a horn that looks as though it comes from a wind-up gramophone. What did it sound like?

David

Nice subject and composition but I wonder if a color version would help make the performer stand out more?

With the B&W version he blends into the background a little too much imo.

Thank you for sharing 🙂

Goodness me, I did again!
Yes please 🙏

David, I guess gravity works differently for them :)
His music was nice but I am not even remotely qualified when it comes to music, worse than photography.

Hi Dan, yes your point right but I like the BW more. It is not a particularly strong photo but it is nice enough to share

I guess it gets worse for me :) BW please

Actually, contrary to my usual preference, I find the B&W version better. The colour version does not for me emphasise the performer, but rather his barrow, and a lot of lesser important elements take my attention. I also become aware of the extreme weathering of the sandstone figures on the church.

David

No problem 🙂

If you wanted to make the musician and his equipment stand out a bit more against the background in either the B&W or color versions, it's easy enough to do using a black to transparent gradient to slightly darken the lower part of the scene behind the musician. You would need to mask the musician and the equipment to keep them original.

Just some food for thought.

As others have said the performer gets lost in the image. Looking at it one wonders what the main subject is. Is it the building?
The building grams the eye. When I looked at it, my eye was grabbed by the building. I needed to look for the street performer.
The solution here might be to take the image wide open instead at f8 which should result in a blurring of the background so it doesn't grab the eye.

A little more contrast would also help.

Already some good suggestions by @DannoB (gradient) and @tprevatt. I feel like the solution may be a little bit more complex in terms of post processing, compared to what you could (likely) have done in the scene. I think if the street performer is indeed the main subject of the image, the background shouldn't be in focus. So shooting at a faster f-stop should have prevented a couple of issues with the lack of separation between the church and the artist.

Of course you can attempt to do that in post (and it might be worth it to try, because the shot and POV is very good and the pose of the artist even great. I think however that every solution - apart from some possible AI-supported ones, I don't really know anything about - will be quite time-consuming to do properly. Here are my quick takes:

Whatever you decide, it's a very nice and interesting capture of a special moment - well done! 👍