Regrets...

Lucky HackLucky Hack Registered Users Posts: 594 Major grins
edited December 8, 2005 in People
I'm curious whether this photo speaks to anyone but me, I was going to post it in the critique forum but thought I might get a better response here with the portrait people...

Let me know what you think...

hoping this message finds you well -Ian
Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur

Comments

  • Stacey LStacey L Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    What an expression on this guys face. It definitely made me think.

    A little distracting for me was the door in the bg...
    Stacey

    "Be strong, courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, because the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20
  • Lucky HackLucky Hack Registered Users Posts: 594 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    Stacey L wrote:
    What an expression on this guys face. It definitely made me think.

    A little distracting for me was the door in the bg...


    Yeah, I wasn't too jazzed about it either, here's a less distracting version...

    hoping this message finds you well -Ian
    Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur
  • Stacey LStacey L Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    Much better. What would happen if you cropped around his face and made it B&W?
    Lucky Hack wrote:
    Yeah, I wasn't too jazzed about it either, here's a less distracting version...

    hoping this message finds you well -Ian
    Stacey

    "Be strong, courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, because the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,950 moderator
    edited December 6, 2005
    I was going to suggest a head/shoulders crop. B&W with high contrast
    might add to the look and feel too.

    I'm not whether the picture stands on its own tho. Seems as if knowledge
    of the context the picture was taken matters.

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    I was going to suggest a head/shoulders crop. B&W with high contrast
    might add to the look and feel too.

    I'm not whether the picture stands on its own tho. Seems as if knowledge
    of the context the picture was taken matters.

    Ian
    great expression. door being fixed looks much better. seems a tad dark to mene_nau.gif
    Daniel Bauer
    smugmug: www.StandOutphoto.smugmug.com

  • Lucky HackLucky Hack Registered Users Posts: 594 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    I was going to suggest a head/shoulders crop. B&W with high contrast
    might add to the look and feel too.

    I'm not whether the picture stands on its own tho. Seems as if knowledge
    of the context the picture was taken matters.

    Ian

    I suspected that, thanks Ian

    hoping this message finds you well -Ian
    Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur
  • Lucky HackLucky Hack Registered Users Posts: 594 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    DanielB wrote:
    great expression. door being fixed looks much better. seems a tad dark to mene_nau.gif

    Thanks Daniel, I'm worried that if I lighten it up the background will demand too much of the viewers attention but I give it a whirl and see what I get...

    hoping this message finds you well -Ian
    Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur
  • Lucky HackLucky Hack Registered Users Posts: 594 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    Stacey L wrote:
    Much better. What would happen if you cropped around his face and made it B&W?

    Thanks for the idea, actually I already tried it. Unfortunately, the problem with this one in black and white is that his shirt being the lightest thing in the composition becomes a distracting focal point and his expression receeds into the grays that make up the rest of the image...

    Thanks again for the input!

    hoping this message finds you well -Ian
    Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,165 moderator
    edited December 7, 2005
    Ian,



    I hope you don't mind, I adjusted with Levels about 1 stop and then Curves to bring out a bit more contrast. I Cropped much of the left of the shot, because it just wasn't necessary.



    I think the image has strong character and substance and promotes the strong chiseled features of the subject.

    ziggy53
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • Stacey LStacey L Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    I like the fact that you cropped out the bg, now the viewer can focus on this man's expression and what he's thinking about.
    ziggy53 wrote:
    Ian,



    I hope you don't mind, I adjusted with Levels about 1 stop and then Curves to bring out a bit more contrast. I Cropped much of the left of the shot, because it just wasn't necessary.



    I think the image has strong character and substance and promotes the strong chiseled features of the subject.

    ziggy53
    Stacey

    "Be strong, courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, because the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    ziggy53 wrote:
    Ian,



    I hope you don't mind, I adjusted with Levels about 1 stop and then Curves to bring out a bit more contrast. I Cropped much of the left of the shot, because it just wasn't necessary.



    I think the image has strong character and substance and promotes the strong chiseled features of the subject.

    ziggy53

    this is what i'm talkin aboutclap.gif. now it has many possibilities and could easily be transferred to B&W.
    Daniel Bauer
    smugmug: www.StandOutphoto.smugmug.com

  • Lucky HackLucky Hack Registered Users Posts: 594 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2005
    ziggy53 wrote:
    Ian,



    I hope you don't mind, I adjusted with Levels about 1 stop and then Curves to bring out a bit more contrast. I Cropped much of the left of the shot, because it just wasn't necessary.



    I think the image has strong character and substance and promotes the strong chiseled features of the subject.

    ziggy53

    Actually, everything about the photo, from the crop to the exposure was a deliberate, and considered choice, I was going more for a mood than a standard portrait but thanks for the feedback.

    hoping this message finds you well -Ian
    Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur
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