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Best regards Nick!

PDE

This is a great image.  Not sure why, but I have this feeling that the color is just a little off, almost looks a little too green.   You have a few areas that are blown out (the mustache, nose, and eyebrow),  and I would have either cropped out or PS out the hair on the left side of the image.  One thing that I haven't decided on is whether I would have included some face showing up on the right side of the image.  I will let others comment on that. This is a great image and it is refreshing to see something different.  Great work!  Best regards...Brent

An interesting and dramatic portrait.

AJ, Brent, Pierre, Anonymous, Linda.... thank you very much for your comments! I'm glad you like the photo....

Brent, thanks for your suggestions. I tried several crops and this one somehow fell in most confortably... for no particular reason, I must admit... just instinct...

Excellent,very dynamic composition

Relative to the treatment you gave to "Watcher," I personally prefer this rendition much more, simply because it's more real and more believable.  With people, the emphasis (consciously or unconsciously) is nearly always on the eyes.  The fact that some other parts of this face are so bright while the eye remains relatively dark produces contrast, and paradoxically that brings even more emphasis to the darkened eye.  It's a brooding, challenging portrait, and having the other eye hidden contributes to this feeling, I believe.  I also like the  wisp of hair showing on the left -- it really adds to the dimensionality of the face.  Very nicely done.

Thanks Bob! I'm glad you likem it... :)

As you correctly noticed this work required much less intervention than the "Watcher". I also have several portraits from this series which were good right out of the camera. The portraits were made in complete darkness using only a small led torch. I find that the led light produces interesting tones and shadows...

And once again thanks for you commnets Stephen... :)