Al

My local club has an assigned subject of portraits for this month. This is one of the bridge players at the senior center.

[Shanne]

that's a great portrait

[Wendy]

It's a great portrait. You might consider a portrait crop for it. I think it would add height to him.

[Frogger]

@farmreporter That's a good suggestion. Maybe even chop off some of his back.

[Etienne]

Great portrait, Tim

[Wendy]

I think that would work as well. Most editing programs offer cropping suggestions that seem to be best. I often use their suggestions.

[Etienne]

You could try to crop this one into a square format. Also, the image works well in colour because there is a pleasant harmony of colours in the picture, including the background. However, you could also make a b&w version of it. That would then allow you to try a filter to further enhance the highlights and the contrasts. It is a great portrait as it is, I am impressed when I look at it because I can somehow feel who that person is now. There is definitely an emotional component which has been captured.

[Frogger]

It is much better cropped to almost square https://365project.org/tdaug80/alternates/2019-03-12
I had to edit out a folded up table and a pool cue from the background. I would have liked to have a darker background, but selecting the background while keeping all of Al's wispy hairs was more than I could manage.