Black and White portraits

[K3nt]

I was playing around with a portrait I took. I knew there was a good image in there. Ran it through Silver Efex 2 and WHAM! there it was. 


A man and his thoughts by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

[branden]

The skin tones came out very nicely, good texture

I wish there was a little more definition between the beard and the shirt. The shirt blends into the background, but that's more about style than anything else. Unfortunately, the losing the beard means losing features and expression on the face, in an otherwise very expressive pose and style

Just my two cents, thanks for posting

[distant.star]

Nice image.

I've been lusting after that software for quite a while now. Waiting for some kind of decent sale to come along.

[K3nt]

Thanks for your comments. I might re-visit this shot now that I have learnt a bit more about post-processing in ACR and PhotoShop CS5. 

[bornshooter]

little portrait of my friends little girl

sophie 9 months by abledestroyer, on Flickr
canon 5d mk2 + 70-200 f2.8 L is usm mk2

[K3nt]

Lovely little kid. Those catchlights in her eyes are excellent!

[AprilForever]

little portrait of my friends little girl

sophie 9 months by abledestroyer, on Flickr
canon 5d mk2 + 70-200 f2.8 L is usm mk2

I love the chiaroscuro! Very nice portrait.

[Durri]

One prety girl 

[K3nt]

You are correct! 

[JerryBruck]

K3nt,  I think you'll get even more of a WHAM! if you crop a slice off the left, just to our right of what appears to be a step-ladder in the background.   This will remove a secondary, dead-end focus to our left of your subject and concentrate everything to the right.  I don't think that shoulder will be missed.

[Wrathwilde]

Old School B&W - Canon T90, Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm f/2.8-3.8, T-MAX P3200

[acoll123]

Shot with 5DII and 70-200 2.8 II

[bornshooter]

I was playing around with a portrait I took. I knew there was a good image in there. Ran it through Silver Efex 2 and WHAM! there it was. 


A man and his thoughts by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

Great portrait i love the lighting

[K-amps]

Shot with 5DII and 70-200 2.8 II

Love the shot, very natural and that lens always amazes me. What PP did you do or was the BW straight form the Camera?

[acoll123]

Shot with 5DII and 70-200 2.8 II

Love the shot, very natural and that lens always amazes me. What PP did you do or wa steh BE straight form the Camera?

Thanks - I use Aperture for PP. I used the green filter when I converted to B&W to make the background darker.