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Very sharp, great detail. Has a lot of character.

 

very well done.

cg

i like thre sharpness and tone

A real nice one Howard. I wish his face to be a tad brighter. I tried it with some les contrast and a bit more light and it works. Pnina

Howard, I like this! The tones are very rich, and I like the way his headdress blends into the foliage....Nice job!

I feel like the background can be more out of focus, but still works as is with nice tonality, composition, and great outfit.

Howard, another really good job. I love his facial expression. I'd really like to know a bit of history behind the dress if you have any.

Warren

Warren, sorry no history. This was an Indian craft show and this man was off to the side in the woods.

outstanding subject, clarity and composition howardm, really has a masterful feel to it, brilliant, strong tones -- VERY powerful stuff. suggest applying gaussian blur to the background left, and brightening his face a little.

Implemented your suggestions.

what do you think?

I really like the original specular highlights in the background. I also think it is OK to make a viewer work a little to catch up with facial detail. The portrait has a lot of pure whites (great contrast control) so it avoids any sense of being too dark (for me, anyway).

looking this morning, i prefer the revision, certainly the background. howard, i want you to know, this is very well done, and a continuation of the advances you are making in candids. the tones and clarity are stunning, refined some for the better from some of your earlier works. the point of view, including the angled position of his body, and the framing of his costume, add dynamism to the shot. its quite inspiring, really gets me interested in picking up my camera and going for a walk. so whatever suggestions i've made, i don't want these thoughts to get lost. one clarification -- it looks like you have lightened all the dark areas, i was thinking just to lighten his face. i think the tones elsewhere in the original are great, just want to see his face a little more readily.

The detail and tones in this one are very good and the blurred background and face dodging enhances them significantly, worthwhile improvements to the original.

This is great!Festive pride,so good lighting, and from the feathers it continues in the more dim lighted trees.

Really super Howard. I like the way he blends into the background, Nice tonal range and I love the eyes! Nice job!

I definitely like the revision ... this is a great image ... the costume is very interesting, and his expression is super!