A good shot. Unique angle and lots of different grey value. The problem is I cannot help but stare right at the arm. The blown highlights really distract from the texture on the face and shine of the eyes. Other than that I enjoy this shot a lot.
This is excellent, love the black and white, though I'd have to agree with the previous commentor that the blown out highlights are slightly distracting, nonetheless, excellent photo.
I like i like, didnt really know you were taking this...very fly, very very fly, and as everyone else said, the blown out hands are a lil distracting....
I agree with puzzled...it's a great b&w shot. However, personally I think that the bright spots suggest sunlight, which doesn't seem to fit very well with melancholy. There are plenty of other moods I think it would work very well for, though. Great shot!
I like this shot - it's too bad you didn't enter it in Moods. The hand has some hot spots that distract from the face, which is very expressive. Nice and clear image.