John this is absolutely amazing. It was powerful in thumbnail form, but boy does it pack a punch larger. The gold tone is spot on! Congrats. Favorited.
Very very nice... your saturated duotone is perfect, and I don't know what you did to get that very subtle textured effect you can only see at the edges of lines, but it's working.
eerie image, it's the tones, makes his expression take on a menacing feel. as does the grain..
persistantly good images from you in this side challenge..
i'm really enjoying these grainy gold images. just enough detail to be legible, just enough mystery to be dark. composition et al. all spot on, of course.