Close up by window light

[devildogx2]

Exif
D5000, 70mm f/4.5 1/50 sec, ISO 200, tripod, by a north facing window


A little bit of Lightroom editing, lightening the lights and darkening the darks, reduced vibrance.
Would love a general critique of lighting, composition, really any glaring problems you might see.
Thanks in advance.

[MrJones]

beautiful picture, love the lightning, the softness and his look.
it all comes together beautifully.

[Bruce A]

I can't find anything to criticise. Great shot in many ways - colour, light, composition and pose.

[Tito87]

Originally Posted by Bruce A

I can't find anything to criticise. Great shot in many ways - colour, light, composition and pose.

Same here!

[NicolaB]

Strong portrait - great Rembrandt lighting.

I hope you don't mind but I had a quick play. Let me know if you would rather I took it down....
Cropped - would be even stronger if you have room in your original sooc on the right to allow fractionally wider crop?
Warmer on yellow, added green
added vignette
I tried sharpening eyes but didn't work on jpeg. Do you shoot RAW?


I also think it is a strong image in b&w....


Finally I tried straightening the crop using the level through his pupils. That gives a really strong image slightly different to above, but the crop becomes too tight from your posted shot.

Really like this shot

[devildogx2]

Thanks so much everyone. Whew, I'm quite surprised and excited that you all like it so well. I guess that means I'm making baby steps in the right direction.

Nicola, I don't mind that you edited at all and I like your edits. In fact I did do a small crop so there is just a bit more room on the original. As far as you color edit, it is a very subtle change and I like it. He does have some red undertones to his skin though, so they both look believable to me. A lot of these subtleties of color are a bit lost on me, so I definitely need to learn more there.

I love the black and white by the way. Oh, I do shoot raw and did a bit of work on his eyes, but perhaps didn't sharpen enough.

Again thank you everyone for the responses. I appreciate your taking the time to help a fellow photographer along the journey.