lewis_lorton1

I think the purposeful posterization of all but the young woman makes a very nice and interesting effect.

I suggest two things - perhaps lightening her face a tiny bit but surely removing the light haloing around her right side that draws attention to the editing.

All in all quite an pleasant treatment.

Lew

While this is a sweet and touching moment, I think this misses on a couple of areas. There is way too much space left and right, I think this would have been better in portrait mode. The red of the sweatshirt just overwhelms the flower which is virtually invisible against Snoopy.

The light on his face has blotchy highlights and the focus is uncertain.

Sorry,

Probably the best treatment of "the Egg" that I've seen.

Darkening down the background windows a bit wouldn't hurt.

Nice capture under harsh conditions but, imo, that vignette is very, very excessive.

yes, absolutely.

Assuming you were shooting digital, you should watch the histogram on the read of the camera for spikes against the right margin.

There are a couple of ways to fix this. (This is a great reason to shoot raw which had more dynamic range)

• Use exposure compensation to force the exposure down. You will them have to 'correct' the rest of the pictures underexposure in the editing
• Shoot two exposure; one 'normal' and one a stop or so underexpose to get the beard and blend the two (this is difficult on a movable target)

If this explanation sounds like gobbledygook send me a message and I'll direct you to some reading materials.

This is not a great BW conversion because much of the image is rather flat in tone.

Bad art easily can be dissembled into words, good art cannot. I like all of the portfolio.  Even though small points might be pointed out as minor defects from a strictly personal view, compared to the overall impact, they are insignificant.

it is nice to see a fully realized concept.

my first crit here so I hope you will forgive me for not knowing the expected form or protocol.

All of the technical stuff is done well, nice sharpness, nice framing, nice placement against the sky, etc. It does look to me like an ad for something but without the center of interest. His face is dark and his eye sockets even darker so my eye constantly wants to wander away to a lighter spot.

Lew