Portrait of an Artist

[jedi996sps]

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Taken in the summer in St Omer, France. Same image, different processing with the 1st being my preference.

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[Louis]

Ali, this is a superb portrait! I always liked portraits of gentlemen with beard; I find the good quality of the shots gives a different dimension of the picture!

 

I like the face and the contrast in the first photo; but I also like the details and the tone of the shirt and background in the second!

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[jedi996sps]

Thank you Louis. I am finding my way in the B&W conversion process, so your comments are most welcome and enlightening.

[otto.f]

Agree with number one!

[A miller]

very nice. like it a lot. i agree as between the two, but am not sure if i would also like one with the highlights brought down a tad to bring in a little bit more texture in the face, plus a slight increase in micrcontrast. With such a fine portrait, there's lots to play with here!! All the best, Adam

[snooper]

Superb, thank you !

[newnew]

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Agree with number one!

+1:)

[Hank Taylor]

Ali, I too like both renditions but agree with Adam addling a slight bit of contrast would work well on your 2nd.

Hank

[Louis]

Thank you Louis. I am finding my way in the B&W conversion process, so your comments are most welcome and enlightening.

 

Ali, with your permission, I played with this excellent shot a little to better explain what I meant in my previous comments. I hope you don't mind much, and please, forgive me if you do!....

 

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[XVarior]

Super shot. like the 1st too, also the framing, no cropping as the geometry behind the subject works as a natural second frame. probably a bit less contrast, but that's not a big deal. lovely personage too.

[George James]

Very good !

[stuny]

Terrific, and I prefer #2 with Louis' adjustment

[jedi996sps]

Louis, Otto, Adam,Snoop,NewNew,Stuart, Hank, George, XVarior and everyone else, many thanks for looking and the feedback, which is greatly appreciated.

 

Louis - of-course i do not mind and am very grateful that you went to the the trouble to do so and thank you for that. Yes, i can see where you are coming from and will persevere and give it another run through. I did the 1st one in photoshop and the 2nd in LR, i think i will stick with LR for this sort of thing as the file size in PS went upto 1.2GB!!

[Louis]

Thank you, Ali.

I do have both Photoshop and LR, but I prefer PS because of the "layers". When using several layers you can control and modify different parts of a shot.

Good luck, dear Ali.

[roguewave]

Very fine work. Much enjoyed.

[vdb]

Great. First one hands down. In PS just flatten file will bring down size.

[likalar]

Really fine portrait! I find myself liking the portrait in all 3 versions, but end up favoring Louis' tonality interpretation, but probably with the original crop. Good work!

 

Larry

[jedi996sps]

Thanks for the feedback Larry. B&W conversion is something new to me so it is really great to have different thoughts and preferences expressed and also helpful input from Louis.

[robert_parker]

All a very strong images. Personally I prefer the first as it shows a little more background with what I take to be paintings on it, which for me seems to add to the relevance.

 

In terms of postprocessing I think I find the image a little dark and contrasty - if it was just a tinge lighter that would be right for me.

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[jedi996sps]

Robert, thanks for your feedback, which as well as everyone elses, encouraged me to rework the 1st one. the dark areas were lightened(especially the shirt) as well as the eyes, back and closer to what they originally were. Overall, i am pleased with the reworked one, although it may still be a little contrasty, but i like that.

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