Comment by Valdo: Hey Chris, this picture is great, the expression, your framing (vigneting), I like the composition, great portrait and very nice B&W. The only thing, maybe I would heal the line that is coming out of his head after a moment admiring your picture my eyes stopped there!! Cool job.
I just came back to this by a roundabout route, and I wanted to say I love it even more now than I did when I first saw it. I echo what everyone's saying: what bravery! What joi de vivre! I think it should have finished in the top 10 for sure, but that really doesn't matter, does it?
Photographer found comment helpful.
