Male Bonding 3

PLEASE VIEW LARGE. Posting a monochrome version. Please rate and

comment. Thanks for your time!

You are right, must be seen larger in order to see the great technical quality Apurva!

Best regards!

PDE

Perfect tones, contrast, grey scale and great subject!

Apurva:  The B/W and color both appeal in their own way.  I don't think one way or the other is better.  One comment.  You have a tighter crop on the color version which makes the photo more appealing.  It makes the friends seem closer to one another and eliminates a lot of the empty space on both sides.  I think you should crop the B/W one the same way to get a better comparison.  Best regards, Alan.

Beautiful shot!

I like both, b&w and colour. In colour, though, it shows the enviornment - outskirts of the town (city, village), road side, near the green field... makes us think. Thank you for sharing. Tamara

Since my personal bias favours B&W for people pictures this one gets my nod.  Removing the colour serves to emphasize the basics of shapes, textures, & tones.  The 'Classic' look!  Your excellent control of DOF keeps the wandering eye coming back to that which is in sharp focus, namely your subjects.  I love the great shadow details too.  A great slice of life which, if you've been able to give these boys a copy, I'm sure they will treasure in years to come.  This looks like a rather hurried arrangement and thus falls outside of the 'formal portrait' category which would perhaps call for a tighter crop.   I'll go with this offering.  Best, LM.