CARISSA 8

I USED PHOTOSUITE TO MAKE THIS A BLACK&WHITE. WHAT DO YOU THINK.

Needs more contrast - too flat. Nice tilt to the head and catchlights in the eyes.Texture in the hair is pleasing. I never convert color photos to B&W -- it rarely works well. Kind regards, m.

I added my first comment about lighting without seeing this one, and here you did use a butterfly setup. You even have a third light, but I would position it a little more behind the subject. Having that extra dot in the side of the eye is kind of distracting.

 

I like the pose and unlike Ort I have to dissagree. I do colour to b&w converstions all the time. And they do work. But, you have to do more than just convert photos to greyscale or pulling individual channels. Ort is right in that there seems to be a loss of contrast in this picture though. Without the original photo I'm not even going to start to comment on how I whould convert this image.

 

That being said, I think this is one of the best photos in your collection. I really do like it.

wonderfull foto---perfect pose--nice light

Best composed of the series, but needs more contrast. I would eliminate some of the many catchlights in the eye by retouching.