Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by pillikcam:
Love the concept and the salt/pepper hair but too much color for me in this challenge. A close crop on the face with a black or white shirt would have been great. especially with all the smoke. Close but no cigar:)

I think this would be an awesome portrait with a little photoshop work. Take the top 1/2 of the photo, blur the background just a bit and convert to black and white. The light from the match will add a soft glow. Just a thought.

Old Philadelphian Citadel
by HighNooner

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
I love the subject but the post processing has gone way to far IMO.

Old Philadelphian Citadel
by HighNooner

Comment by essie:
I like the image, but it seems like the HDR is a little too intense and obvious - maybe tone it down just a little bit?

Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by nlghttrain:
I dont feel this meets the challenge, I was looking for b&w recreations, or even inturpreting this as the subject is b&w yours is not. The subjects hair is, but the man is the actual subject.

Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by Dudski:
Wrong challenge maybe?

Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Sorry, but it seems to me the challenge applies to the whole photo, not one small detail. I can ignore a small spot of color in the background of a mainly black and white rendition, but this does not meet the challenge.

Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by Arcanist:
Too much color for the B/W part of this challenge. Subject does not consist of a large enough portion of the image to be considered the actual subject despite the title. Great image, technically fine, IMO: Not in the spirit of the challenge. Nominate for OOBIE.

Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by kleski:
should have cropped this better

Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by epescala:
Wrong challenge?

Hemi-centennial hair
by HighNooner

Comment by Lydia:
Too much color to be on topic, in my opinion.