1 Light in full sun Portrait

Given the nature of the shot, I like it. Sure we can nit-pick the image to death, but that's not the point. My only real critique would be to add some fill to the right (camera left) side of his face with a reflector. If the image captures his character, then, I say, you've done what you set out to do.

I like it a lot.

Love the B&W treatment. Shadows on camera left side of his face is a little much to me - maybe a reflector to open them up would have helped the color version.

asysin2leads wrote in post #13003372
Given the nature of the shot, I like it. Sure we can nit-pick the image to death, but that's not the point. My only real critique would be to add some fill to the right (camera left) side of his face with a reflector. If the image captures his character, then, I say, you've done what you set out to do.

Thanx for your input.

Bea_123 wrote in post #13003667
I like it a lot.

I'm glad you like it.

James33 wrote in post #13005712
Love the B&W treatment. Shadows on camera left side of his face is a little much to me - maybe a reflector to open them up would have helped the color version.

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I like the B&W idea that Gene came up with also.

I like it. You did a good job making pose natural. Right amount of light, I kind like the darker contrast to the left of the face. Gives more character to the photo. I would clone out the yellow thing above the shoulder. Keeper.

Great job! I would do selective color filter in PS and bring down the reds on the face (quick mask), but keep the warm tones. I also really like how you got catchlights in both eyes. A picture that tells a story about this man. Wall hanger for sure.

ycp wrote in post #13008708
I like it. You did a good job making pose natural. Right amount of light, I kind like the darker contrast to the left of the face. Gives more character to the photo. I would clone out the yellow thing above the shoulder. Keeper.

Thanks for commenting.
I like the contrast also.
I'll do some clean up when I spend time on PPing.

WideOpen wrote in post #13008878
Great job! I would do selective color filter in PS and bring down the reds on the face (quick mask), but keep the warm tones. I also really like how you got catchlights in both eyes. A picture that tells a story about this man. Wall hanger for sure.

Thank you.
Catch lights are one of the things that can make or break a portrait.
The color wasn't something I was happy with, it's the reason I wanted to get comments on pose, lighting etc. This needs PPing.