Chasing the Past
by Baron152

Comment by MaryO:
Great idea; could use a bit more detail.

Into the Sun
by Baron152

Comment by MAKamyk:
Good try, it is very hard to do this technique with diffused light source like a cloudy day. Great effort.

Chasing the Past
by Baron152

Comment by shutterpuppy:
Cool shot. Wish the jet at the left was a little less of a silloutte.

Jack Schitt - You don't know me!
by Baron152

Comment by irisheyes:
Awe.. I am so in love!!!

Siapan (1944)
by Baron152

Comment by saintaugust:
one of a kind. wow.

Siapan (1944)
by Baron152

Comment by Azrifel:
Good job digitizing photos like this. Each image tells a thousand stories, would be a shame if they ever got lost.

Stevie B
by Baron152

Comment by mpeters:
Hi from the Critique Club.

First... This photo definitely caught my eye when browsing the entries. It's certainly a fun, relaxed, 'impromptu' portrait. And it is BW! ;)

From a technical standpoint it could use a slight bump in contrast. Focus seems a little soft as well. The lighting is nice, leaving some shadow areas on the left side of the frame for depth. Good catchlights in the eyes.

I like the 100% black BG and it's possible that a radically off centered crop would have been good. Either leave Steveie in the center and go with a square crop like one of the commentators suggested or crop most of the black space from the left which would leave stevie looking pretty off-balance!

As it relates to the challenge... Pretty hard not to meet the requirements of the challenge, so the technicals became that much more important.

It's wierd in a good way. Keep up the good work.

Mark

Stevie B
by Baron152

Comment by Pug-H:
Yep, it looks kind of weird and kooky, and fun. However, I really think you need to reshoot this to avoid that editing you did.

Stevie B
by Baron152

Comment by glad2badad:
Ok, now this is a liiittttlllee bit strange! :) Funny expression. Looks like his head is being held like a free floating object in the hand. What's that in the background? It's distracting. Good luck in the challenge.

Stevie B
by Baron152

Comment by roz:
this is soooooo funny ... and pretty clever too ... love that expression ...