Nikon D50 50/1.8 . This is my friend. Spontanic - I love natural portaits !
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Suspect you're going to get criticised for the diptych composition...not by me though: I can't wait for a challenge in this genre. I just think the right hand picture doesn't do anything for the composition...it doesn't contribute in any way.
I will comment here before this most likely gets dqed. I like the dyptich setup and its an interesting pose. The b&w conversion is done well also. Look slike you have a little bit of halo action going on around your border. It might have been intentional but it look smore like you did a big final sharpen after you had completed your stroke. I try to do my stroke the final thing to prevent the USM halo effect. Again - this is an interesting image - the contrast of the sides focus is a good take. I am gonna vote a 7 on this and hope that it is still around come the end of the week when I do my final bump ups.