Sleeping it off

A relative sleeping off lunch

better in b&w ? 6/6

Ha, I love the unbuckled belt. Great human photography Peter.

Hi Pete

 

There is touching characterisation in this subtle, low key portrait. This is social commentry at its best!

 

7/7

 

Regads, Nick.

 

PS you should scan more of your previous work, there are some wonderful gems here!

Nice shot, Peter! The angle adds to feeling of dissipation. Do you still have your old Zenith B?

Hello Colin, no, I sold the Zenith when I bought the Pentax. To be honest, I was always forgetting to stop down, so lost a lot of shots.

 

Dissipation? Hmm, I always thought of him in terms of syncopation - unsteady progression between bars!

 

P

This is a great shot Peter. My first reaction was to suggest you to convert to BW, in a more conventional style for this kind of photos. However, the more y visit it, the more I feel the color version is the right one. Colors are subtle and ads interest to the image, which I feel is really great.

I also bought a Zenith in the UK, about 28 years ago. It was my first camera.

Hello Manuel, thanks for looking. I have done a BW of this shot, but I think the large area of pale shirt is a bit distracting.

 

Best wishes. Peter

Hi Pete.

 

I don't think it is the shirt that is the problem here, I think it is the area of light from the window, providing a distracting alternative area to that of the shirt, which should be the focus of the shot.

 

...what do you think of my version?, although I prefer your "antique" colour version, and think that that one works well with no crop.

 

Regards, Nick.

Beautiful image and I also prefer the Color version, I feel, in this case it truly enhances the m"Mood" of the image. Great natural lighting and a great capture.

 

Complimenti.

Hello Nick, control of the window light is good. You also seem to have drawn out the lines in his face too.

 

The "antique look" is produced in PS CS2 by going to grayscale and then to duotone. I played around with the yellow element to produce the most pleasing tones.

 

By the way, you may have guessed, this was my father.

 

Cheers Pete

great photo, timeless look

The colors here give me more feeling that I am at home...I can even hear the clock ticking away in the silence....so cosy..so human...

I love the original version as it is.

Peter, looked at this one, very well composed image.Light colors and shadows are well partitioned on the frame. A natural piece of life, Color version for me.

This may be the best portrait I've seen on PN

Peter,I agree with Allen R. This is one of the best portraits I've seen on P.N. Very human and touching. Cheers. Denise

I love this A_LOT.   I will remember this one for a long time (also now a fav.)  Best I've seen, echoed. Time to pull out the film camera I think :)