Edward

Thanks very much for giving us this dignified portrait of Edward. I am sure that his scruffy appearance is offputting and I think you managed to make it clear that he is an individual and capable of some warmth and humor. There are many beautiful landscapes and nature images on photo.net but pictures like yours are among the most powerful and arresting. It is a photo worthy of the Family of Man series and I congratulate you.

It is a very kind foto, today this is rare!

Simply wonderful!

Street portrait, taken on slide film, cross-processed, and then

rendered B&W digitally. Any comments welcomed !

Agree with all that was said above. I liked it as soon as I saw the thumb, but it looked a bit to contrasty. When I enlarged I saw the textures on Edwards face... Great shot!

An interesting character, but a little to contrasty for my taste. This shot brought an immeadiate smile to my face.

interesting composition and portrait... but rather over exposed. The loss of detail in the highlights is rather disappointing in such a character filled face

I really like your work a lot- good stuff going after worthy subjects. My only criticism is that you haven't seem to have found your 'print style'. Your photos range in contrast and brightness, and I think with a little more attention in the digital darkroom you could have some outstanding images.

Hi Elliot,

thanks for your comments. You're quite right, my digital skills are still a bit basic. I only have access to what I suspect is quite a poor scanner, and the only software at my disposal is Microsoft photo editor, which is a bit crude (to put it mildly !). But that's enough blaming the tools; I know I have lots to learn about the digital darkroom, and I *am* slowly improving !

To high contrast or overexposed - I personally like it as it is. Great face expresion

Have you had a chance to go back and rework this shot? I hope you will soon as I believe it's the start of a fantastic photo.

Great shot!

Self portrait ? :-) I liked it so much, a stored a copy on my PC. Think of the possibilities for use in office emails - eg. "We would like to welcome the new Marketing Manager who starts next week."

I like the "overexposed " Edward much more.Great shot!Regards,M.