Bleach Bypass - PP

[carlina999]

I shot this portrait using available natural light in the late afternoon.

The original looked a bit washed out because of the similar color in the wall and shirt. In person my eye did not pick-up the similarity with the shirt, but when looking at the raw print, they were too close. Because of this, the original was nice, but to me held no interest/drama.

In PP, I cropped to 8x10, sharpened up the face, and played with saturation and contrast for more 'depth'.

Question is: does this portrait hold your interest?

Any comments are welcome

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D300
50mm 1.8 @ f2.4 ISO 800
1/45 sec

[Saralonde]

Interesting face, but my eye is distracted by the colors behind and to the left as well as the light hitting his shoulder. A simple fimight be cropping some of the area on the left out.