Quote Originally Posted by bingo pajama
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i don't necessarily think the crop is too tight. i don't know what the original looked like, but this one seems ok. as to the color vs bw... i love black and white. i am biased towards it. i think that the omission of color focuses more attention on the subject, as well as textures. that said, i think the bw version you have here is not as good as the color. the color version seems... warmer. cozier. friendlier. maybe you could play around with the channel mixer in ps to see different effects for bw...

otherwise, i think this is a great shot. i really like all your stuff, actually- you have a knack for capturing people at their best.
The original is not much bigger, I actually cropped part of the arm out because it was too much...thanks for the kind words about capturing people...I really love shooting people(in a photo way ;) )

I see what you mean about the BW version it is a little flat..
Thanks for looking I really appreciate your input....