Mani

A brooding overcast sky
he attracts the rain
and silently storms
but the sun comes out when he smiles.

I have great trouble focusing with the 50mm wide aperture closeup, he only tolerated a few shots while he was giving me some tips...unfortunately the one i preferred for composition was way too blurry, but this has a strong feeling I think.

[Caroline]

It does have a strong feeling, I like this portrait a lot.

[~~JT]

Really outstanding! (I owe you an email!)

[kali]

@voiceprintz :) nice to see you

[Yao RL]

Very intense.

[Mek]

Nice framing too. I like the hoodie without actually seeing it.

[Annie D]

I love the feeling and the words

[Annie D]

@voiceprintz hey :) I owe her an email too

[Spanner]

Wonderful portrait.

[Brigette]

yip. wonderful. Beautifully intense

[mervyn hobbs]

This is very good.

[kali]

@annied hahahaa been a while lol

[kali]

@mastermek the ubiquitous hoodie, I am sure my boys were monks in past lives.

[lisa]

i agree with annie.. feeling and words... great portrait.

[SteinJ]

Very good!

[Nitrogene]

Lovely portrait!

[Maggie]

Superb portrait and the poem is just wonderful

[Andy]

Super close up portrait

[Corrie]

Lovely shot Kali, one can clearly see he is Ngalla's Brother!

[belinda]

Beautiful shot

[Tom]

Lovely, Kali actually on a crop sensor would be a 35mm since it equals 50mm full frame in Richard's challenge. Just a point of info love your work

[Sylvia du Toit]

Well done.

[kali]

@snaphappi thankyou for that Maggie, I am flattered

[kali]

@tosee only a man would care Tom lol. I am just enjoying getting to know a fully manual fixed length lens with all its fascination and frustration.

[kali]

@genesis_one funny i always think of my kids as so different and unalike

[Bill Fenske]

so intense!

[Shailesh]

excellent capture...

[Stephanie Swift]

Very beautiful and sensitive portrait, fav.

[Carla]

Super shot. very intense pov

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Intense portrait, beautiful name!

[Call me Joe]

Awesome portrait- love the candid not posed:)!