Ki

Sangmorakot Gym, Bangkok

..any suggestions or critiques welcome

Great subject and pose Aleksandra! Composition does seem slightly imbalanced to me, perhaps because the vertical column of the scale is slightly tilted and the raised hand is slightly cropped.

I very much like the tones in this photo -- both on the man's skin and on the metal weighing scales. You have done a great job either on the digital black-and-white conversion or on the developing and scanning.

I also like how the photo tells the story of what is happening. At first, it seemed odd to me to see a man sitting on weighing scales in a way that reminded me of how one might weigh vegetables in a market. That made me want to look at the photo some more, to find out what's really happening. Then I saw the exercise weights at the bottom of the photo and it all made sense.

He has a wonderful look of calm concentration on his face.

Congratulations on a really good photo!

Composition, richness of tones, all around belonging elements make it a great life photo!

Ciao Aleksandra

PDE