Man with bonnet

[Antonio Correia]

[rob marshall]

Well, he wasn't camera shy - looking straight down the lens, wasn't he. Good eye contact, and nicely converted.

What is your avatar, Antonio? A photographer on the floor? Mine is a corkscrew for opening Portuguese wine. Suppose you guessed that one.

[rpcrowe]

I like this one again. The face framed by the scarf and hat along with the selective focus blurring the background works quite well for me!

[speedneeder]

Antonio, nice photo.
I would probably crop some off the top myself - this would reduce the blurry background that is the same tonal range as the subject and to me seems oddly distracting - I keep looking behind him thinking, what the heck is that???
No flies in this one? :goofy smile:
The subject is very sharp, I like it.

[Antonio Correia]

Just a quick answer to Rob before I go to zzzzzzzz

The avatar ? Look at it in a larger version here please.
Wine is one of the few decent things there is in this country. Apart from me.
Just guess who took this photograph.

[rob marshall]

With all those cameras you're starting to look like Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now

[Antonio Correia]

I like this one again. The face framed by the scarf and hat along with the selective focus blurring the background works quite well for me!

Richard ...

[Antonio Correia]

Antonio, nice photo.
I would probably crop some off the top myself - this would reduce the blurry background that is the same tonal range as the subject and to me seems oddly distracting - I keep looking behind him thinking, what the heck is that???
No flies in this one? :goofy smile:
The subject is very sharp, I like it.

No, no flies on this one. It was too cold for them.

Brian I don't think the crop is somehow wrong or needing adjustments... and Brian, it is not that sharp !...

[Antonio Correia]

With all those cameras you're starting to look like Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now

He was with Nikons while me...
Two cameras is not too much is it ? Well... sometimes yes when the back begins to complain.

[shreds]

Superb rendition of the eyes, like it a lot.

[Antonio Correia]

Superb rendition of the eyes, like it a lot.

[Rob Douglas]

I think it's sharp enough and the contrast is good too. It works as is but a slight crop off the top might bring more attention to the person.

[Antonio Correia]

I think it's sharp enough and the contrast is good too. It works as is but a slight crop off the top might bring more attention to the person.

I am not so sure about that because in doing so but maintaining the crop ration - which I must - the parts from both sides would be too tight...

[Rob Douglas]

There is slightly more space to the left so you could slightly trim the left & top. Not going to be a very noticeable difference though.

[Rob Douglas]

This is a quick crop done in PS express on my iPhone just to see how it would look.

[Antonio Correia]

Since you all insisted I had to give a try and find out that you were right.

[Rob Douglas]

Looks great. You know none of us hear would dream of saying I told you so but... LOL

[speedneeder]

none of us hear would dream of saying I told you so but... LOL

I know I wouldn't.

[Antonio Correia]

[Rob Douglas]

LOL all in good fun a great image even better now.