Hide and Seek
by arindam_thokder

Comment by TOY:
I think this picture should have easily placed in the top 10! This is my favourite in the challenge by far. I don't really understand why it scored a 6.15! It's of course a favourite to me!

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by sittingonthegrass:
Great use of space to create mood. Tonal range is excellent. There is something about this 'Old Man' that speaks of something other than being 'old'. It might be his eyes? They do not seem to be 'old'. There is knowledge there and dare I say 'youthful' determination?

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by Bear_Music:
Somehow I never got around to this image (the challenge was one of the few I have not voted on) but I want to register how much I like this, and make one small suggestion.

I like it because it's intense and rich and real and doesn't try to blow me away with any sort of artificality or attention getting devices, compositionally or in post-processing. The image has DIGNITY and I appreciate that. The tonalities of the figure itself, and the face , are beautifully expressed. I'd personally wish for more expanded tonal range in the surround, but that's really an artistic choice and I can't fault you this one.

The one think I don't like, and it's a nit, is the faint haloing that shows where you have dodged the head. The feathered brush has affected the sky slightly, I think. When next you do something like this, make a selection of the head itself, and your dodging/burning will not affect anything outside that selection. You can use the magnetic lasso and then in the select menu shrink the selection a few pixels to be sure its feathering doesn't overlap to the sky, and that will work just fine.

Again, conmgrats on a first-rate piece of work!

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by Zoomdak:
Love it! Congrats on number 7!

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by Jutilda:
This is GREAT. Congrats on your top 10.

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by UNTITLED:
Really like the photos that have a story to them. Great composition and exposure. Well done!

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by Commando303:
Incredibly "National Geographic" type of shot; that's a good thing, in this instance. This is my favorite entry thus far (and, though I haven't yet gotten very far, I suspect that it'll not likely be "dethroned").

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by hotpasta:
excellent work, hope it does well for you

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by ubique:
Great face. Interesting that his positioning, facing out of the frame but looking back into it, seems to make the portrait at once more candid and more dignified than would have any of the alternative 'conventional' compositions. By that I mean that he appears to be exerting some control over the image; he's more than just a photogenic prop - he's a participant in the photograph (it's not all about the photographer). Maybe it also helps to connect him a little better and more convincingly with his environment, too. Very nice! 9.

Old Man
by arindam_thokder

Comment by Dave Nalesnik:
Very nice!