Rework in BW

[The_Traveler]

I had posted this in color but was never happy with the result.
The color seemed to diffuse any tension in the picture, so I spent a bit of time on it this morning and he seems to come across better.

 

[sw_]

Nice work. Hiding that green shirt (and the shirt in the background) made it much easier to focus on his face and hands a lot more.

 

[The_Traveler]

For me, I always have a big/semi-big problem shooting dark skinned people on a bright background who are wearing bright clothes.
Maybe its a phobia from one of my first jobs.
I had to get a set of photographs of a church choir of a local AME church. Their robes were a sateen finished white cloth and they were insistent in being shot in a grove of oak trees that had significant meaning to the church. (but the bright church in the background.
I would have come out ahead just handing them the camera and buying a new one.

 

[FITBMX]

You know it is a bad day when you have to suck the clog out of your sink drain!

All goofing around aside, I like it much better in B&W, Good job!