Exclusive! A smiling human in Paris :-))
by ragoutoutou

Comment:
Hehe he must be a tourist! Lovely joyful image, great BW conversion. A tad central for my liking.

Wet, wet, wet
by kasaba

Comment:
I like that a few photographers have chosen to be OOB and not do "traditional" portrait shoots or orientation. Excellent backlighting and mood imbued in this image. Enough to show a fleeting emotion of pain and sadness. It took a while for me to notice her closed eye.

Unhappy
by Silent-Shooter

Comment:
Scotland lose the Rugby against the Poms again? On a serious note, excellent light, focus and tones. Portrait orientation too!

The Minstrel
by Neil

Comment:
Perfect street image. Those eyes have weathered a hundred storms. Great tones.

To Thine Own Self, Be True
by Devinder

Comment:
Mixed signals. A Middle Eastern looking man but a western saying in landscape orientation. Not easy to vote this one...

THE SONGWRITER
by hotpasta

Comment:
More than just the face, but the story too...despite being in landscape orientation it does work. The use of Tungsten WB is very now.

Reflect
by rabutler

Comment:
Landscape not portrait :) Rules are meant to be broken but you are no doubt getting hammered. I personally like the adherence to 1. below

por·trait (pôrtrt, -trt, pr-)
n.
1. A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.
2. A verbal picture or description, especially of a person.
adj.
Of or relating to the orientation of a page such that the longer side runs from top to bottom.

Hockey Professional
by TonyT

Comment:
Much more than the traditional face only portrait. kudos and keep them coming.

Listening to Bullshit
by cryan

Comment:
There are a number of portraits in this challenge that work outside of the normal run of the mill face on in studio image. Kudo's to those artists who have shown more than the traditional. This appears un-contrived. WD

Portrait of a musician
by stphq

Comment:
Stunning light. As a band tog this is an immediate fave. I'm not familiar with him however Guns 'n Roses springs to mind :)