Street Portraiture Colour: Claude

It was sunny this evening and there were quite a few folk in the mainstreet enjoying a fine end to the day... so I decided that a bit of street portraiture would make a good subject for today's posting.

I processed this as a 'gritty' image so as to make a complete contrast with the soft, dreamy background.

You can see a B&W portrait in my main 365 album for today.

[Gwenllian]

Lovely grain, colour and shallow DOF. And a jolly nice looking bloke!

[Smitha]

Lovely portrait!! Great focus and dof.

[Keith Porteous]

Love the off centre composition, great sharp portrait

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Great portrait -- the grittiness really works against the soft background, brings out the details of his face -- the wrinkles are perfect.

[Simply Amanda]

Really love the colors and focus. Great shot!

[Joan Robillard]

Very nicely done. I would just hate to post a portrait I took that close up.

[Islandgirl]

Great portrait......love the composition and soft dreamy background!

[sarah]

great study shot

[Joey]

Fabulous portrait and processing!

[Fisher Family]

Another wonderful portrait!

Ian

[Lou]

This really works for me. The brightness and the grittiness make a punchy combination. And I love his grinning eyes, like he knows something I don't...

[Malcolm Carlaw]

His eyes are supported nicely by the blue background.