Day 1 - Phone Call
by menele

Comment:
I like it. It's interesting. The woman in the left booth makes the image.

crisis
by boysetsfire

Comment:
No comment, except, I love it! And you're completely right.

1
by sevilduvarci

Comment:
He, he, I really like the expression of the guy at the bottom left :) As a b/w, it is very b/w, very black in some ways. Kinda graphic. Suits the subject.

As a composition, it's neat, although I'm not sure really what it's getting at. Maybe that's because I live in the country, and don't have much of an understanding of city things. What were you trying to show with this image?

Fire Door
by jackal9

Comment:
The tones look quite nice. I think the image would benefit if all the lettering were sharp (or maybe, the other extreme, just a little bit of it in focus).

Day 1 - Ev
by jonfrommk

Comment:
He looks like he would make a great model (pity he's shy). I like the shape of the eye, it's rather unique. The lashes go straight down. Great skin texture also (I hate all that skin that looks like plastic, this one doesn't).

As a B/W, I think it needs more "umph", more contrast or something like that. It's a bit bland for a b/w. You have some good suggestions below.

As a composition, it's just way too much dead space. It's an interesting concept, to show half a face, but as it is I don't think it really works well. Again, there are some good suggestions below.

DAY 1. B&W. full moon ..
by roz

Comment:
I think that as a B/W conversion it is nice, the image shows nice grays, the vignette adds interest. As a picture, I'm not sure it's the best choice of picture to convert to B/W. I sort of imagine that this kind of picture could rely heavily on colour for its impact, a dark cross like silhouette in front of a moody ink blue sky with touches of red, white moon in the distance.

As a composition, I don't know, the moon is very small, the back post is somewhat out of focus, and overall the image doesn't have that much interest. I think it's a great idea to work off.

I'm wondering - you converted to B/W in RAW? Your options are more limited converting to B/W in RAW than in PS. You may want to try converting in PS - you probably already have, so what am I talking about :)

Strong
by Retroesque

Comment:
There are 3 things I really like in this B/W, the sky is very beautiful, the light tree in front of the building offers a good balance to all the man-made structures, the shadows inside the arches (look like little windows). I find the angle at which you took this a bit odd, and I find the grass in front a bit too much of the same (and maybe, just maybe, slightly too bright - sort of like it needs more texture). However, the gentle texture of the cement walls is beautiful.

spoons
by mk

Comment:
He, he, good work!!!! Congratulations :)

"You go first"
by lunachicken

Comment:
He, he, he, did you find out who went first? Good catch, good title :)

caleb.jpg
by wavelength

Comment:
I like it that you kept the focus on the eye, and I like the expression. IMHO, it is just a tad on the too shallow side.