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Wonderful photograph,really nice b/w tones and composition ...very well done .

7.

Great shot! Razor sharp and eloquent ..... congratulations

Interesting effect when viewed large.

Tack sharp...... great portrait.

Kaushik,

  Wonderful b/w portrait with excellent sharpness & lighting.  Take care, Patsy

Very high quality of a portrait b&w. Technically superb.

nothing to say, 7!!!! fantastic portrait

National Geographic standard .Definition,lighting & expression excellent in place of living. Well done.

Just wonderful !! An excellent documentary portrait with superb tones & lights. Congrats Kaushik ...

Very interesting character. Great portrait.

Exceptional bw character portrait.  Sharp, detailed and great dof. rek

At first, i impressed by amazing clarity and details over face and beard. And secondly by very apt mono mode with great tones and shades. B/g elements are also expressive and necessary, indicating life style and character. Bravo.

Hamid.

The expression and environment work extremely well. His eyes are clear, he stands compositionally in a good place, and I like the sense of location I get. The lighting is well handled.

I'd like a lighter touch, more subtle, on the processing. It comes across as very sharp, especially the beard. So it looks more like steel wool or wire, not hair. The skin looks a bit like plastic, not flesh. 

Despite my hesitation about technique, it's a very personal and wonderful vision.

Great contrast and detail. The poles in the background take the attention away a bit but a great photo.

Fantastic image indeed. Great work! Kind regards.

It is a very nice portrait ,even though I agree with Fred about the technic, I  would have liked as well his placement a tiny bit more to the LHS ( center of the wooden wall and the two poles of the fence). Still a very nice B/W work.

Koushik, I agree with Pnina & Fred. Nevertheless, I admire the portrait.

Excellent work! Right choice as B&W type.

Amazing!!(7)

Great B&W conversion... just a beautiful image ... which have every tone of B&W.....6...

The camera work is astounding, as always, but much more so even the ability to capture something personal of your subjects. A very striking, remarkably intimate portrait, bravo. 

Excellent B&W portrait...

Your are becoming very adept with that Topaze plug in!! I can't seem to get the faces to look as natural as you can. Wonderful work Kaushik. Kindest regards, Gail

Excellent....

Superb portrait work, and fabulous post-processing Kaushik! Very well done!

All the best,
Neil