My husband with a dreamy, tired look on his face, lost in thought after a very hard day.
Post processed in Photoshop. Used channel mixer for the black/white conversion, colour balance for the sepia tone. Adjusted contrast, cropped and resized.
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I think this is an excellent character portrait of your husband. The mood you were trying to convey came out nicely, especially in the duotone. The tones you chose work very nicely in this image. It seems like all of your comments are rather positive, but the image didn't score much above average, and I think I can probably tell you why, to some degree. Portraits of any kind have a very difficult time connecting with viewers who aren't associated in some way with the subject. I don't 'know' your husband, so it does make it difficult for me to really connect with the portrait. As a disconnected viewer, I need something very special in the portrait that jumps out and grabs me in order for me to make a connection that moves me with strong emotion.
I think your composition and technicals here are excellent and woudln't change anything about them...
Beautiful composition, detail, tonality. Wonderful unobtrusive, yet not totally plain background. Title fits, too. I think my only thing is that the focus is just a little bit off on the eyes, which are usually so important for a portrait. I wonder if advanced editing outside of the challenge could help you apply some additional focus to the eyes and change this from a good to a great photo. I would also crop just a bit more off the top. Small stuff though, I like this shot!
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