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Excellent shot, Michail !! Great details and mood, the expression of eyes is so strong, a touching shot definitely ! Congrats !!

Theodor D. 

I very much like the composition and tones of this portrait. The one thing that bothers me a little is that the smoke kind of registers as a blur rather than the cigarette smoke it actually is.

I really like your choice of processing colour for this image. You have captured this older man well...his many years of life almost etched on his face.

What an outstanding portrait!

This is a lovely photograph, made by perhaps the most underrated camera of all time, the Canon EOS 20D. 

Why last, Michail?

 

Best regards

 

PDE

very good portrait work

When Sammy Davies Junior was diagnosed with lung cancer he was sitting at the doctors waiting room and when the receptionist called him he took another puff before he put his cigarette out-:).

 

A very good portrait Mihali. It has a tremendous wow factor like most of your pictures do, demanding the viewers immediate attention. Very well done.

A great and wonderful portrait, compliments!

"A moment in time perfectly captured" , no doubt.

Thank you all for stopping by and please forgive my late response.

Emmanuel a 20D with the right lense on can create "miracles", i still carry it along as a back up camera and has never disappointed me.

Pierre, last puff unless he wants to taste his burned finger :-)

It should be Photo of the Week.  I'm sorry that it gets so little attention as Photo of the Day.

 

This is fine work, Michael.  It's another one for my Favorites Folder.

 

--Lannie

Great portrait! 

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An excellent portrait, Michail !

Consider me to be in total agreement with the comments already posted.  This is a remarkable image.

Superb portrait. I also would have preferred a smoke trail but it is still an excellent image the way it is.

Is the smoke artificial? Because it looks added in post. Kind of smeared.

Smeared, blurred yes, added no.