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Any creative advice on b&w processing warmly appreciated.

Fine portrait, good capture of the expression. B/W is well-handled, IMO, but the bright stuff in the bg is very distracting.

No critique, just a query: How, exactly, did you get this black and white effect? And how did you get those eyes?!

I was skimming through the photos and when I came to this one, the Gentleman's face stopped me. Something sad about it. I enlarged it and his eyes were polarizing. I could see speckles and flecs in them. I might be a little curious as to their colour but I think this photograph works so well for me because its black and white. I really don't need to know. Beautiful eyes. I truely enjoy this portrait. I see all the detail and character of this gentleman's face. I'm not so sure but I might suggest cropping a little of the black space above his head. A fabulous portrait. Bravo.

 

Thanks for the comments.

 

The b&w is all made by dodging/burning and brightness/contrast control by hand in CS3.

 

The eyes were brought out by dodging/burning and angling a flash over my shoulder and bouncing it off the wall behind me rather than shooting direct into the face.

 

For the full series and story please visit : www.flickr.com/photos/polaroidsky/

Thanks for the link, Jim; and thanks for responding to my questions.