The carpet seller

Took that picture in Jodhpur, the blue city in the middle of

Rajhastan, India. I shot about 20 pics on that man. The color ones

were ok but I surely prefer the B/W version better. For that B/W I

used layers in PS / Chan. mixer. Hope you enjoy it...

The B&W is very effective, creating a strength and mood to the image, and emphasizing all of the wonderful texture. Excellent portrait. You captured it beautifully!

Tthe bright eyes seem to say that he has many storys to tell.

Fantastic capture of his intense gaze. Well done.

Nice story captured at the right moment.

beautiful portrait,but i would like see this photo with the colors of India,it's possible?

great capture! I can almost see his thoughts!

Excellent study.

Returning a comment. I cold have picked any as I truely appreciate your work - as you mentioned it is of a similar vein to my own. The other thing I notice with your work is a knowledge of what mid to low-key B&W should look like, especially when converting from colour. So few these days seem to be aware. I noticed you mentioned converting with the channel mixer in PS. From some experience, I have found 3rd party filter like www.theimagingfactory.com "Convert to B&W Pro 2" is significantly better. These filters allow you to prefilter the colour with not only the primary colour but also secondary which on many occasions I have found maintains detail where the channel mixer option has trouble. Its available for 30 days trial if youre interested.

 

II used to live in Tw myself in 98/99 but didnt really get have the photography so strongly in my blood then.

 

regards

Craig / Beijing

I think this is one of your best.

 

-James