pic of my son josh

please let me know what you think good or bad

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I like the color version a bit better - part of the reason being that there is too much of a tonal merge in the hair, so you lose more detail there in the B&W.

I think your lighting is arranged well for a portrait, but the sidelighting is a bit too strong and is washing out in the right temple, the right ear and right neck and collar-bone.

If you would like to try bringing the sidelight just a bit more towards the front and raise it higher and take it further from the subject to cool it down a bit, I think you will get closer to what you want.

Very nice picture, congratulations!

hi bob ,
thanks for the comments , will try as you say , oh and i love reading your comments, great work keep it up.
dave

I think the lighting is too harsh. The face darker than the body. Try and not pose him like a footballer ie turn the head to the side.