I'm writing to you this day about an extraordinary challenge
by biggood53

Comment by fredluvsHim:
I like the lighting! Interesting idea for the challenge

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by L1:
Wonderful pose. The lighting is a bit harsh and one-sided, however, leaving the face shadowed to the point that many details in his expression are lost. The light right under the brim of his hat kind of blows out the forehead a bit as well. This could be a very good portrait with a few minor lighting adjustments. :o)

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by David.C:
Lighting: The heavy lighting coming only from his right is causing heavy shadows on his left side; so heavy the eye and features beside the nose are almost lost. A lower amp fill light (or reflector) on his left would have taken care of this, while a difuser on the main light would have been less harsh on his skin tones and prevent the near hot spot on his forhead. The catchlight in his eyes are what save the left half of his face from vanishing into the shadow.
Pose: There is nothing drastically wrong with the pose, it is good; but it could have helped to prevent other problems if done slightly differently. His slouched posture gives him a feeling of being at ease with himself and his surroundings, which is good. However, it also produced the wringles in his clothing that help to accent how strong the light is (again, a fill light could help here).
The tilt of his head is a bit too straight on for my tastes. Having him look slightly more to his right (just enough to hide his right ear) would have moved his face more into the light, without his features casting such harse shadows.
Background: The only thing I would change about the background would be to move him further from it (to get it to blur more), as it is nearly as sharp as he is, which can be a bit distracting.

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by KaDi:
Good strong lighting but there is an unfortunate shadow cast on the bridge of the nose. Good facial expression. Kinda wish he was sitting up a bit more--though its not too bad for the casual feel of this portrait. I think "plumber" in your title throws it a little out of whack as there's no indication elsewhere of his trade.

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by simbamba:
Lighting is a bit harsh. Idea and composition excellent. 8

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by soccerdad:
Nice. Not sure it would help, but moving the background back physically might help blur it a little help it focus attention on the subject a little more.

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by jmlelii:
I believe that if you are going to include "the plumber" you should have had him holding some plumbing tools, If not, I would have left that part out.

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by slim:
Lighting seems off...a bit too strong and 'blinding'

Roger the Plumber
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Comment by woodenshoe50:
Thought it was Tom Arnold for a second Right side of face is too dark

I'm writing to you this day about an extraordinary challenge
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Comment by djscarrd:
Don't really see those things every day but I don't see anything extraordinary about it.