The Fighter

kdog

Comments and critiques Welcome. Thanks for looking!
-joel

TenThirteen

Love the processing on this, but the crookedness is killing me. At least it's an easy fix! ;-)

kdog

TenThirteen wrote: »

Love the processing on this, but the crookedness is killing me. At least it's an easy fix! ;-)

Thanks! You shamed me into it. I've straightened it, and that was easy. Recentering him after straightening, not as easy.

D3Sshooter

Nice shot and great manipulation. The fence works well in this picture. Maybe you could remove the parts of commercial text on the bottom.
I do not see the added value of that.

BrettDeutsch

Nice shot. I'd love to see this cropped a bit tighter and in B&W.

zoomer

Looks great, love the light and detail in this.

Hackbone

Love the lighting and contrast.

Mike J

Really like the lighting. I, too, would like to see this in BW.

kdog

D3Sshooter wrote: »

Nice shot and great manipulation. The fence works well in this picture. Maybe you could remove the parts of commercial text on the bottom.
I do not see the added value of that.

Thanks for the kudos and the thought about removing the text. I appreciate your input.

BrettDeutsch wrote: »

Nice shot. I'd love to see this cropped a bit tighter and in B&W.

Thanks, Brett. Appreciate the input.

zoomer wrote: »

Looks great, love the light and detail in this.

Thanks, Mike.

Hackbone wrote: »

Love the lighting and contrast.

Thanks, Charles!

Mike J wrote: »

Really like the lighting. I, too, would like to see this in BW.

Thanks, Mike. I might have to try it in BW.

sphynge

I really like this shot... for me there's 2 points of refinement:
- catchlight in the eyes would be awesome
- I see a lot of black around him, especially the top part. Any way to gradate that area so it's less apparent perhaps?

kdog

Thanks, Sphynge. Catchlights are a good idea. I should add those. The paint stripe across the background isn't ideal, I know. It's a more difficult fix (for me anyway), but also a good idea. I appreciate the feedback.