Blue
by Bud

Comment by psart:
NIce would of scored higher with less space to left psart 7

02 - Daniel
by Bud

Comment by Retroesque:
I love the light in this image - I particularly like the way the backlighting shows the shape of his head - it's VERY appealing.

01 - Caleb
by Bud

Comment by ursula:
He, he, first thing that came to mind, before reading your notes, is, "morning light!". The other thing that comes to mind is that the light is a bit too low, that is, I think I would try it with his head just a bit lower so that the light pattern would start closer to the hairline.

I think you got the "early morning look" quite nicely here, not only with the light, but also with his expression.

01 - Caleb
by Bud

Comment by jdannels:
I like the portrait and light, my only suggestion would be to make a reflector, some buy a 5 in 1 reflector, you can use a a piece of foamcore(thick posterboard) and cover it in aluminum foil. You can then use that as fill light. In this case you would put it on the left side of the frame to put a little light in the shadows and naturally brighten up his eye in shadow. just a suggestion :)

Untitled #5
by Bud

Comment by vtruan:
Nice contrasts and sharpness.

Untitled #5
by Bud

Comment by KarenNfld:
I love photos of boats and I love this photo. Great colours, great composition.

01 - Caleb
by Bud

Comment by posthumous:
Disturbing mood created with the light, and the expression matches it. That's a success, right? When everything contributes to the same feeling? It is in my book.

30 - Canoes
by Bud

Comment by glad2badad:
I really like the layout of this photo. The directional lines are exceptional and the contrast is perfect for BW. Nicely seen and captured!

01 - Caleb
by Bud

Comment by lovethelight:
i like the details of the shadows on the left, but I think you could have left the right side darker because it is getting noisy and unnatural the way you have it. just boost the contrast a bit and see how tat looks

01 - Caleb
by Bud

Comment by shalrath:
The shadows and highlights are well done here. However, I feel it is a little to evil and brooding to be used on the poor lad at that time of the morning! Perhaps on a more sinister subject this sort of light would work quite well. Note your comment from [user]Louis[/user], check his portfolio (namely his SPs) for usage of this sort of light.