i don't know anything about portraiture, so i'm using your image as a guinnea pig as to what i think i would or wouldn't do in this situation, as well as what i notice and get out of your image.
this rocks! the lighting, expression, focus, colors, composition, all work well here. great job!
Composition: 6
Technical: 4, I would like this a lot more if your right eye wasn't in complete shadow
Appeal: 4
Challenge: 7
Overall Calculated Average Score: 5
I like the drama of the low lateral light and the chin tucked in pose, but the facial shadows really bother me. It looks like you have a big gaping hole in your eye socket. I think you could have gotten the same effect with more or less shadow on that side of the face without the distraction.
I love the expression and lighting. The background works nicely as well. IO'm having a little trouble with the amount of cropping on the head in relation to the off-center composition. I can't explain it better than that unfortunately... I like the image, but I feel like it needs a different balance.
fabulous. you have a Sir Anthony Hopkins look to you. very nice. I like the yellow cast as well. I saw a portrait of the Dalai Lama done similar to this.
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