couple of portraits C&C please

[JWest09]

went to the lake the other day for a shoot, just for fun. C&C please

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2.

3.

4.

 

[EOS_JD]

Interesting shots. I quite like them

 

[lockwood81]

I really like #1, 2 would be nice if he were looking at the camera.

 

[bwlergh]

2 & 3 kinda remind me of Andy from Weeds heee!

 

[4thirds_dude]

I think 1 and 3 are the best... on #1, the focus seems slightly off. Don't know if that was intentional or not, but I think it'd be better if it were sharply locked on the eye. Love B/W portraits though. Nice.

 

[Stillwater]

2 & 3 kinda remind me of Andy from Weeds heee!

Haha thats what I was thinking when I saw them!

I like #3 the best, the vignetting is a little intense on the top right corner though.

 

[rufus5150]

I think #1 is your shot out of all of these. The B&W conversion masks (or actually uses to enhance) some of the issues with the others.

#2 and #3 have some pretty serious hot-spot issues as well as some posterization. In #4, your subject gets lost and the composition is a bit dull/snapshot-ish.

#1 has a lot of things to say, though. The shadows work well bringing the glove in as the second element in the composition, framing/etc work. Very much like a shot that might see the inside CD booklet or something. Nice.