very interesting photo... i wouldn't have exactly, how do i put this, REALIZED that the trade was pilot other than the title, lol. wonderfull work tho~!
I observe that you are trying to tell a story of a pilot getting ready for the flight,but it lacks imparting that feeling to me. The 3 bars and the watch could be brought in around the cap. To much black that leads to items being scattered through out the photo.
I find that dark photos are great if I know what I'm looking at (like a face that's half in the light, or a building's silhouette). There's a dramatic element to it that would be missing if everything was visible. But in this case the darkness is really hindering me: I'm not familiar enough with pilots uniforms to know why the epaulets (if that's what they are?) are different from each other. Are they from two different uniforms? Is something in front of the one on the right?
A little more light would really have helped me here...