A friend

Crop and tone in PS. A was not sure of the title , which actually

refers not to the guy you can see on the image but the one who is

behind and whoes hand rests on visialbes guy arm. PK.

!!!!!!!!!

my God, what an icredible picture! so moving!

yeah mood of the photo is great - ale te biale kropki pod nosem troche zle sie kojarza (chodzi mi o te nieostre ponizej wasow)

MY GRATULATIONS.SUPER PICTUR.

Well done...

I like the way the light fingertips balance each other on either side; a lovely picture.

Very good. Makes one think.

This is excellent. The black fadeout on the left side is in my opinion a bit steep. Looks like it has been cut away. Right side more balanced. Otherwise great photo!!

Great lighting. Excellent composition and color.

More than a portrait, this image distills the essence of a human relationship from the simple features of a face and a hand.

awesome!!!

What an incredibly moving photograph. It looks so genuine yet the lighting is so dead on it looks like it must be set up. Wonderful job!

The title is very fine, I immediately thought about that hand being the friend, not the person in the foreground. So it worked very well for me... :)

 

Anyway, I just wanted to say that all of your pictures from this series, with this man as the "main character", are all really good. The mood, the lighting, etc. Perhaps I am not completely convinced in this one with the way the left part of the image has been solved. I cannot say exactly what it is... it has something to do with that border being a diagonal line... But I am afraid that I cannot offer a valid alternative either, sorry :)

 

And I wanted to ask about the grainyness of this picture... Is it added digitally or was it there since the beginning? Or was it selectively blurred? I think it looks good overall, but I find the grain distracting in the main character's hand, in what seems to be the little finger of his left hand. It might be just my impression, but I see this "not uniform grainyness" (not sure if it's really there!), and it distracts me a little.

 

All in all, very good job. Thanks and best regards,

Every time you post an image I am amazed.

thank you

Another stunning image. I keep coming back to view your images.

EXCELLENT. NOT MUCH I CAN SAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SAID; BUT THIS IS JUST GREAT.

busy but beautiful. certainly the epitomy of what friendship is all about - the words that come to mind are those which define friendship for me: "A willingness to extend oneself for another's spiritual growth..." Sure looks like someone in pain is being comforted by a friend here - and what can be more spiritual than comforting someone in pain?

 

re: technical stuff - decent lighting, okay depth of field (though it might work better were the gentleman's hand and hair in focus - the hand on his shoulder doesn't necessarily need to be) - and good framing / composition. The darkness from wherever the hand is reaching adds mystery, though it probably would have also worked were that upper left area not as dark.

Tells a whole story