Extreme last second shot. Sitting down for a grill out at the folks and I asked my brother to make a "Zoo Lander Face", I snapped away and I liked this shot. I know it won't get any kind of a good score but I wanted to submit something for this challenge. The reason I went to the Grey Scale was he had orange lips after eating chips. Didn't notice until I put the photo on my computer.
-Crop
-Canvas Size (for Border)
-Cyan Channel Color
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Compositionally, I typically don't care for straight on portraits, but his expression makes up for it. That is funny.
Technically, the bw works well (especially if his lips were orange, though that might have been interesting as well). A touch brighter may have made it seem less "gray," and if the focus had been sharper, it would be a bit more compelling, I think.
Overall, I feel you met the challenge well, and think your score is a bit lower than I would have expected.
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