Josh66
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So I included the photo (with a description similar to the above) in my first post - - and the thread quickly deteriorated from that point on.
Some have already posted here that the shot is not of any interesting technical merit. And yet, something tells me there is more to it than just a nice snapshot.
If I remember correctly, the version that you had originally posted in the opening post was a square crop? I very much prefer the uncropped (I assume) portrait orientation version...
Also, I'm sure that 90% of the people on this forum knew what photo you were asking about just by reading the thread title... I actually Have Steve McCurry's book "Portraits" sitting on my desk right now, with this photo on the cover. (Which is an excellent collection of portraits - I recommend picking it up.)
Anyway-
What is "technical merit"? Does a photo have to be technically challenging to be good?
I'm sure this is natural light (would he really be dragging lights around in Afghanistan?). To me, the catch lights look like a window.
You can clearly see the ground, a mountain range on the horizon, and the sky.
To me though, the catch lights are of no importance in this photo.
What makes it great (to me) are the colors, and the tattered garb. And those eyes, lol.