Experimenting with Editing please CC

Experimenting with a recent photo I took. I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions. Thanks!

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I can't see any image, just to give you heads up.

sorry I do see it now my bad

The composition is ok, but I would crop the top and bottom a little. Maybe just beyond the second stripe on the bottom, and the top...eh...leave it or crop it, can't really decide. It's too long and too distracting. Also a little dark, I'd brighten it up a bit, and maybe boost color saturation just a tad.

Were you trying for the "vintage" look? If so, you failed. Looks like a photo tha is lacking a lot of contrast and his arm and neck look orange.

too dark and too much vignette

dynamitetony wrote in post #10821706
too dark and too much vignette

+1 tone the vignette down.

dynamitetony wrote in post #10821706
too dark and too much vignette

What he/she said. Looks too dark and ominous.

I'm no expert, so take what I say with a grain of salt. The picture looks as if the light was lovely, and it seems a shame to cover it up with the dark vignette. I think if you cropped some off the top and bottom, maybe even try a square crop, and lose the majority of the vignette that it would be much nicer.

I agree it is a bit dark (tho adjusting my screen helps.. ) and could use some more saturation.

On the vignette - either drop it as they suggest, or, if you really want that "vintage" look, make it much stronger - so you have an elliptical photo, not a rectangular one with dark corners. My vote is to let in more light, but I don't know what your needs are..