Chris

[Rex]

I have been lurking on this forum for a while and like what I see (and read) so I thought I might as well dip my toe. Comments?

[geotography]

Rex,

I like the composition. Subject is powerful upon the black background. I think it could be better with more light in the subject's eyes. I think I am seeing some photo noise. What was your ISO setting?

[xxpinballxx]

Welcome to the forums the waters great just jump in!

Great portrait!
I like the lighting...a bit more harsh than most use. The eyes could be brought out a bit in post.
There doesn't seem to be any noise to me and at ISO 200 that really shouldnt be an issue.
How did you light this shot?

[MikeM]

Did you cut him out and paste him on the black background? I guess I'm finding the glow on the fringes of his hair to be rather out of place.

[xxpinballxx]

im guessing it was backlit?

[oriolhdz]

Hi Rex:
I like the photo, composition and lighting too. My only suggestion is about the halo light the subject has in his hair, I found it a little distracting. Maybe some post processing can take care of it.
Nice shot, thanks for sharing it and of course Welcome to the forum!

[Murtasma]

I think the backlight is a little strong try moving the subject further from the backlight source also I think you could use a small keylight on the left side to bring some shadow detail out in the hair and eyes. I like the post and compostion the lighting however I feel is a tad harsh. The backlight could work if another keylight was used on the left as well. Nice work keep it up

[Sid]

I agree it really looks cut out of a white background and placed on the black. Either dim down the backlight or practice up in photoshop =) Like the shot though, great character.

[Rex]

Thanks for the great feedback. Apologies, should have included data with the photo: Canon XT, Sigma 18-200 lens, ISO 200, 1/60 @ f5.6.
Hey you guys are good! The original (I photoshopped it a fair bit) was rather dark so I cranked up the exposure which brought out the grain. Also it was a grab shot while we were setting up some lighting and hence had some background stuff, so I used the lasso tool to select the background and clone stamp it to black. Hence the cut-out look that you noticed. I think in the future I might be better off just taking a good photo in the first place .... :-). Thanks again for the feedback and positive comments.