1642 - English Civil War
by Falc

Comment by ErinM:
Excellent composition and lighting! It's hard to believe that this is a photograph and not a fine oil painting.

1642 - English Civil War
by Falc

Comment by aerogurl:
wow i really love this. would love to see it high res. lovely lighting, nice muted colors.. would be interested to know how you got this shot? 9

1642 - English Civil War
by Falc

Comment by Azrifel:
Lovely scene, worthy of a classic painting.
It is rather dark and red/magenta tone biased. I wonder what you think of this quick edit, altough overdone a bit:

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I changed the color balance and took out some red and magenta in favour of cyan, green and yellow. I also brightened a bit with a small pull on the curves and added some contrast.

South Indian Monkey
by Falc

Comment by SJCarter:
Don't know if this is actually in the wild or not, but it sure looks like it is. Wonderful expression & pose captured - the lighting is terrific. Great job. 9

1642 - English Civil War
by Falc

Comment by kari1:
This is such a well done picture, and so gritty and real of the times ... bumping up.

South Indian Monkey
by Falc

Comment by Art Roflmao:
"wild" monkeys don't part their hair in the middle - DNMC

...just kiddin! :)

Fntacy or Faith?
by Falc

Comment by MayaM:
Lovely portrait, composition and color very nice, I feel it is a smidge dark though.

1642 - English Civil War
by Falc

Comment by sherpet:
This is a very interesting shot, with so much detail.....

South Indian Monkey
by Falc

Comment by temba:
Great subject, composition and meets the challenge I think. Looks a bit dark on my monitor unfortunately but good luck, I think you should score high.

Fntacy or Faith?
by Falc

Comment by metoecus:
The vignetting and shadowed eye sockets are distracting. Placing something light colored just below the camera would help to bounce light back onto his face, which would help the latter problem. The image would be more appealing if it weren't so heavily sharpened. The relationship of the image to the challenge topic feels rather forced.