first bnw portrail

[shutterbug1]

feel free to comment on my first newbie bnw portrait

 

[Rob5589]

I like something like this crop better.

 

[astroNikon]

^^ I like the crop above
It eliminates the multiple subjects in the photo -- the nicely textured brick wall, the wood teepee and the child, and focuses on the child.
The last thing I saw in the original photo was the child, and it should be the first.