Paintballing portraits in Taipei, Taiwan

Went on a weekend trip with some buddies to Taipei. We went paintballing (kind of a ghetto place) so I took a few photos of us (mainly portrait type shots). Wanted to give the photos a high contrast B&W look to give it a grittier vibe. What do you guys think?

1.

I don't normally like the fancy schmancy stuff, but these are friggin sweet to me!!!!

#2 is a little dark at the eyes...could use a little brightening there.

1 $ 4 are very very nice!!!

Good action shots.

David

Kechar wrote in post #12977683
I don't normally like the fancy schmancy stuff, but these are friggin sweet to me!!!!

#2 is a little dark at the eyes...could use a little brightening there.

1 $ 4 are very very nice!!!

Thanks. Great point about #2. Should be better now.

Woodworker wrote in post #12977862
Good action shots.

David

Thanks!

They workwell..The b&w looks great..nice work

They're great shots, but a tad busy.

thirdkid wrote in post #12983441
They workwell..The b&w looks great..nice work

Thanks man.

Nomofica wrote in post #12986261
They're great shots, but a tad busy.

Thanks. Fully agreed they are a tad busy but I basically worked with what I had. These 6 shots we took in between games and there wasn't much flexibility in terms of location.

I know it's much harder to control the background (in these cases it's impossible). Still, despite that, these are awesome pictures.

Nomofica wrote in post #12989353
I know it's much harder to control the background (in these cases it's impossible). Still, despite that, these are awesome pictures.

Thanks. If I had more time and flexibility I'm sure a lot of these photos could be improved.

Isn't that how it always is?

I think high contrast bw works very well - I like them a lot, esp. 1 and 2. , post one color shot to compare

I think they look great, nice job.