My son turns 8 this weekend. I think it scares him sometimes what we do to this planet.
levels, LAB to grayscale, duplicates several times using mult., soft, curves, more levels, dodge and burn, a bit of cloning, neat image, cropped, smart sharpen, added border, save for web.
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Coming back to make some 'bumps'. I'm bumping this one up. Great range of tones, nice and sharp. The model adds a lot. I like the detail. I'd love to see more of that right eye. To me the eyes 'make or break' so many of these. Congrats on a great photo.
Nice use of shadow and light on the face to provide depth and demension. I also like the level of sharpness detail in the face, eyes and coat. The Fence on the left is a little distracting as it pulls my eye but, overall great composition.
I really like the composition and b&w treatment, as well as the smooth skin tones. Unfortunately, even on an overly bright monitor such as my POS Dell laptop screen, it's just a tad too dark. The shadows on the right work with the composition, though could show a bit more detail, but it's the child's right eye that kills it ... not enough depth or detail unfortunately. Otherwise, well done.
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