Street Portrait for C&C

jaqian

be cruel, be kind but be honest

comments please,
Rob

Cabaal

what are you aiming for in the photo, it helps if you looking for comments based on the affect your going for

melekalikimaka

i like it, a little dark or something around the face...loses alot of detail imo.

tho i'm woeful at c and c for portraits

6th

I like it but it seems a little "tight"? if its a crop I would see how it looks with a ittle more space around it.

jaqian

Basically I like Street Photography and I'm trying to get better at composition etc. I also love b&w and i'm trying to improve how I convert to b&w

Should have said before but I'd like comments on the compopsition, cropping, b&w and how to improve.

Rob

This is the original unedited photo...


here is another b&w version but I thought it was too dark...

Paulw

I prefer the colour, unedited image. It seems to have more character (to me).

I know some images are more suited to B&W but, we live in a world of colour (not over-saturated colour either).

Anyway, just my view.

AnCatDubh

I like the composition actually. You've appropriately cropped some of the yuck out of right hand side. The conversion to b/w is a little too hard for my taste and I'd probably prefer the colour version overall but that's just a personal taste thing. The b/w version does give a sense of an 'older age' where not so perfect reproductions of the original image were the general result and if that was the desired effect then you've certainly nailed it. Overall though i'd say it very nice.

ThOnda

It has to be large, but less contrast!!! Please.
And play a little more with the BW conversion.

PaulieC

not that I am an expert, but the B&W conversion needs work. It looks like it was taken with a P&S and overly processed.
Also, I would clone out the Centra on the bag to give it a more timeless look

jaqian

Thanks for the comments I'll give the b&w another go and I'll post it at a higher res next time.

Cheers,
rob

PaulieC

jaqian wrote: »

Thanks for the comments I'll give the b&w another go and I'll post it at a higher res next time.

Cheers,
rob

just reading my comment again there and it sounds overly negative, which wasn't intended :rolleyes:

I like the crop and expression on yer man is great, as is his pose...

jaqian

cambo_gueno wrote: »

just reading my comment again there and it sounds overly negative, which wasn't intended :rolleyes:

I like the crop and expression on yer man is great, as is his pose...

Thanks Cambo. Actually I laughed when I read your comment as it was taken with a p&s

PaulieC

jaqian wrote: »

Thanks Cambo. Actually I laughed when I read your comment as it was taken with a p&s

he he

jaqian

Right I've looked at what people said re: the tight crop and being too dark and had another go at this photo. One glaring problem I noticed is that the face isn't as sharp as it could be but putting that aside and using this as a learning experience let me know what you think of the crop, composition and the type/quality of the b&w and anything else you might notice. I love b&w but I find it hard to get it right where it would have some impact on the viewer. Unfortunately my skills don't extend to cloning out the centra bag, yet.