Go ahead, make my day

Posted by CraHan (Koolkerke, Belgium) on 20 May 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Continuing the set from yesterday. I wasn't quite sure which version of this photo I like better. The black & white adds a bit of, how can I describe it, 'rawness' to the image. The fact that the wrench is blown out doesn't even bother me that much, nor do the fully dark portions. The darks where deliberately pulled down quite a bit, so yes, we are losing details there (in the jacket, at the bottom and near the top). But for this image I think it doesn't matter that much. I'll be posting the color version tomorrow.

Nikon D300
1/100 second
F/3.2
ISO 800
52 mm (35mm equiv.)

black
white
man
portrait
sunglasses
wrench