Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by muckpond:
greetings from the critique club:

overall this is a very nice portrait. the tones and the light falloff work extremely well here. a little bit more diffuse light might be better, so you could avoid those hotspots on your cheek and neck that are pretty prominent now.

i'm going to guess that a lot of your score resulted from a lack of a "zen" feeling rather than a lack of technical execution. i think this would have scored much better in a different kind of challenge. although the subject is at rest, the expression on his face seems more anguished than peaceful.

thanks for posting your EXIF information. you should try shooting in RAW a little bit so that you can start to explore some of the tone manipulation that it provides. you might be able to get much more range out of your images than you currently do.

good luck in the future!

Salute to the Rising Sun
by swallace

Comment by IreneM:
I've tried this type of shot myself, and know you only have a split second to take the pic, so very well done.

Salute to the Rising Sun
by swallace

Comment by ShutterPug:
nice capture!

Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by L2:
Wow.

Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by pminne:
The flow of the light makes this work.

Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by Loki:
Very nice portrait. I love your use of light.

Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by pcody:
good portrait. I don't get a feeling like what is mentioned in the title. Looks like he is intensly concentrating on something that is out of view.

Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by posthumous:
show me the man
who has become stone. 4

Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by theyetifanclub:
oooooh and angry constuction worker! That does not say calm

Meditation on Forgiveness
by swallace

Comment by Elaine:
This does not have the overall feeling of peace and serenity that I look for in zen photography.