Pensive

[yogestee]

My friend Macca and I had spent the afternoon trekking through the forests and villages in the Northern Highlands of Laos around Luang Prabang..We had consumed a few bottles of BeerLao on our return..When this image was taken Macca looked very relaxed

Canon 350D/Sigma 18-200mm f 3.5-6.3
80th@f6.3
400ISO

Jurgen
Australia

[swmdrayfan]

What---no pictures of the beer?
John

[Greg McCary]

Relaxed is a kind word I think, but I like how you framed the shot with the plants. I wish his arm wasn't in front of his face but you captured his charactor very well.
Greg

[yogestee]

What---no pictures of the beer?
John

Hahahahahaaaa sorry John...The cleaning lady had already removed the empties..

Thanx Greg,,,and a character he is..One could say as mad as a cut snake!!!That so and so had a policeman point an AK-47 at me by his irresponsible behaviour..

Jurgen

[Ronnoco]

It wasn't worth the aggravation! Blurred foregrounds don't work, unless it is well done stylistically with an effect or filter that is appropriate.

Ronnoco

[veggie]

any other pictures from the trip?

[yogestee]

any other pictures from the trip?

veggie,,,hundreds..

Jurgen

[yogestee]

It wasn't worth the aggravation!

Ronnoco

Ronny,,what wasn't worth the aggravation??

Jurgen

[ravenmore]

hmmm.

-hand obscures the face too much
-I think color isn't necessary here. B&W or tones would work better for me.
-plants are a distraction. needs tighter crop on subject
-lighting is good.

[Mr Yuck]

IMO the plants are a little too OOF for me

this is a great shot, with great expression/personality, the plants framing him do add depth though and the composition is good, maybe without the background objects and a larger DOF? (the background is fine as is, but a larger DOF might bring it in focus if you're not careful)

Crop suggestion: a bit from the bottom, keep the left top leaf and some on the right, maybe a little below the top left leaf.