About the Image(s)

This photo was taken in Italy several years ago. The musicians were playing their accordions very charmingly, so I of course took some shots of them and put some coins in their collection box. When we happened back by the same spot awhile later, they had taken a break and left their instruments sitting alone, and I thought this scene was even more charming and emotive.

The background was pretty busy and the accordions were too far apart, so I selected the left one and did a copy/paste to put it in front of the blue stool. Then I was able
to crop out part of the background and simplify it by using the clone tool. Next, I added a shadow under the moved accordion and applied an Old Photo filter in Nik Color Efex. That filter turned it into a straight black/white photo, but I kind of liked a slight bit of color brought back, so I reduced it to 73%. Lastly I added a slight vignette.