A bowl of nuts on a table in the front room of my house, taken in the dark without flash. Adjusted exposure, contrast, brightness, lighting, sharpness, filter, saturation, and contrast again.
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I am so boggled by this entry into the B&W Portrait challenge. It is small ... It is busy ... I am not sure what it is a portrait OF ... sorry ... I missed your point.
Check out the turorials. Go with max size a challenge allows or at least 640 on the long side. Really dont see a portrait here. The lighting is real harsh. Just take some time and read.
I'm sure a million people will point out the faults in this. As it is, I have no reservations giving it a 1. I dont really see how this could be considered a portrait, but I'll try to offer some constructive criticism anyways. The bowl? has good contrast in it, but your small size and lack of detail hurts it alot. By using a larger, higher quality image, youd bring out the detail and texture that are essential in a black and white. The contrast is there; adding the other two could make this a decent black and white (although not a portrait!).
noun
1. a painting of a person's face
2. a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal]
3. any likeness of a person; "the photographer made excellent portraits"
I see b&w ... I don't see a "portrait" though. Size and quality looks kind of like a camera phone. Anyway, point being ... make use of the full resolution available to you in the challenge (most are 640 pixels, I think this one is 720, but your image looks like it's only about 300 pixels across).
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