A couple self portraits...

Hey guys, let me know what you think. I know the first one is out of focus, but for some reason I like it. I'm also thinking of redoing it. Any critique or advice on lighting or anything else would be much appreciated. I also know the files may be kind of small. Hit up my Flickr for larger versions.

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Very nice. 2nd one is really good.

I also like #2 over the first. OOF and the hot spot on the jacket is too distracting to me.

Grimlock wrote in post #8902219
I also like #2 over the first. OOF and the hot spot on the jacket is too distracting to me.

+1 I agree

Thanks guys

I like the darkness of the 1st one.

any tips on lighting or anything else?

Second one is nice. Nice BW!
There's a little spot on your sensor maybe.. on the right side towards the bottom. Distracting to me.. But that's because i'm super picky haha.

thanks man.
and i know what you mean. Its not a spot on the sensor, it was something in the background i forgot to clone out.