I like the pose, the expression, the lighting on his face, but the large swath of pure black area has no visual interest at all and lowers the effectiveness of the photograph.
A dark mysterious picture. Very nicely done.
This man shows evil almost a bit super natural based on the shadow under his dim lighted head. But what about challenge relevance?
It is very pretty, the texture of the bottom gives a beautiful effect, on the left side one confuses the wall with the person, for me it is the only point to be corrected.
This is good. Love the tones and the light on his face. There isn't much going on in the bottom of the picture and I would probably crop some of it away. Finding it hard to see "too early" connection, but it's still worth 7 to me.
Don't get the link with 'too early'.
Nice enough portrate though, maybe a little too much black down the bottom of the frame - possibly crop it to bring the face and light into prominence
Beautiful shot, I like it very much. I originally gave this a 4, but I'm changing to a 5. Although there's one thing missing, I don't see how it fits the challenge. I would have given it a higher score though if it weren't for the missing link.