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[draymorton]

A sort of potential promo shot taken today.

[GB1]

Hmm, different than your normal work Dray. I would crop a little more down, so that only about half his forehead is showing, and a little less negative space on the right. Maybe boost the saturation a little too. The theme of the promotion isn't obvious from the photo - is it a eyeglass ad?

G

[Frog]

Not the kind of stuff I do so hard to critique.
I, too, do not know what it is promoting.

Things I notice...head chopped, very little space on left for elbow, left hand,(his right hand) is different color than the hand on right but it echoes the color of his hair on that side which is probably from whatever is behind him.
I don't even know whether these are pluses or minuses..just what I notice.
Skin textures seem really good.

[Didache]

There's a great deal to like here, although I can't quite grasp what the title is referring to! There are some delightful little subtleties, not least the colours of rust and blue on the metalwork behind and on his hair (some rust colour creeping on the model's right hand and arm?), the way the rust/blue seems reversed on his shirt, and the Greek pattern closing the frame off on the right. I appreciate the way you seemed to have burned in (?) the rust coloured metal on the bottom left, which would otherwise have left a gap. A clever and subtly worked image.

Cheers
Mike

[draymorton]

Thanks guys. Another case where I have to send this to him, but I don't know what I think about it.

G - I agree about cropping down and in. It's cleaner somehow if I crop into the forehead more. I wanted to keep that gate pattern at the top, but... oh well.

Frog - re: the different color hands... yeah, there is blue coming from the right, so I wanted to sort of the match that hew in his left hand. I don't know if it works, but that's what I had in mind.

Mike - thanks! The title was kind of a joke. He's a musician from Denmark, where he's known as the king of the bass.

p.s. It's just a promo shot for him. Maybe.

[Levi1990]

Critiques for me.

I would leave the top part of the picture alone and just crop in a bit from the left. His elbow nearly touching the frame is a tension point for me and draws my eye away from the actual person. Also, crop just a little up from the bottom. I love the idea you got going and it could almost be an add for a certain brand of glasses. I also like the colour gels you got in this shot, as well.

[draymorton]

Thanks, Levi. Totally agree on the elbow. The distance from edge is neither here nor there, so either add more space or crop in. WIll try cropping up, too.

To think, that whole time, I never even asked him what kind of glasses they were.

[LeeIs]

I like the red light in the top left. Casts a nice mood to that side. I agree with others that the composition is a bit off. He's too far to the left. And I also see why you don't want to chop off those nice patterns on the right side. I think it's good the way it is. This type of shot would be great for a magazine centre spread or a promo poster/card, etc. because it has room for type to the right of the guy.

you don't mind the cut off head?

[readingr]

Try lighting up the gate a tad to make it a bit more obvious what it is. because as it stands something isn't working for me.

I also think the amount cropped off his head seems a mistake rather than intentional.

Roger R.

[draymorton]

Thanks for the feedback. Very helpful.

I can add more to the left if that will improve the composition.

Cut-off head - I guess I do mind it the way it is. I'll probably try cropping down a little more. Not sure I like it with the entire head in there, but I could try that, too.

The gate - I see what you mean. Will try lighting it up just a bit.

Other than the above, the real question is, is this one to be worked on or one to scrap?

[armando_m]

yes, I would add more to the left

would it work ? well only you know for what it will be used, but you said he is a musician, I can definitively see it used with some text to the right

[Frog]

I think you might expand the canvas and clone a Beanie beenie ...srry couldn't resist