1/2 a Man
by movieman

Comment by 2mccs:
Interesting idea. I like the black and white

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by movieman

Comment by Artyste:
Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. What follows is my best attempt to Critique this photo from a DPC voter's point of view. I'll do my best, but please excuse any comments that may be unintentionally rude or insulting.

Initial Thoughts

A little too close in. For studio portraits, I expect people are looking to see more studio, and less "person", if you know what I mean

Composition/Content

Nice composition, although suffers from being neither close enough in, or far enough out, IMO. The head covering is a neat idea, but for some reason doesn't really add anything in this instance. Eyes are great, but lack that extra something.

Background

N/A

Camera Work/Technical

Decent camera work, but your lighting is a little too flat. Not enough shadows, texture, or dynamics there to really set anything apart or bring it out.

Digital Processing

Some good work, but I think more attention payed to bringing out the eyes, and darkening the areas around them might have pushed your score up. Voters love that "dragan" look, and getting a shot like this closer to that look would have helped dramatically.

Fits the Challenge

Iffy on this one. As I said, I think voters were expecting to see more of a studio environment as well as the model, so you might have been hit for that. So it fits the challenge *technically*, but misses the mark because of the lack of showing the environment.

My Opinion of the Photo

A nicely done close-up that just lacks the punch to make me really care about the photo.

1/2 a Man
by movieman

Comment by dolphnz8:
Like the crop, the title and the black and white concept, however, the blownout background is a bit too distracting for me. The cut out wood, writing on the wall are important in this shot, yet, I'm too drawn away from those points.

1/2 a Man
by movieman

Comment by OBreaux1:
I like the contrast going on. Very defining.

1/2 a Man
by movieman

Comment by Konador:
I really like the high contrast, but I think the background is slightly too over-exposed.

Rock and Roll
by movieman

Comment by LalliSig:
Pity the eyes are so closed, I find it hard to relate to the subject without them.

1/2 a Man
by movieman

Comment by Zoomdak:
Love the high key approach you got here!

1/2 a Man
by movieman

Comment by Gunnsi:
Or, a Man and a half :-)
Nice idea and capture. The background a bit to bright though.

Rock and Roll
by movieman

Comment by yanko:
LOL. Is it trained to do that?

Rock and Roll
by movieman

Comment by OdysseyF22:
Is that a ferret? Strange image, but it made me look twice and study it a bit. Not bad at all. 7