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Very nice portrait Eumenius! I like it very much!

yeah, nicely done eumenius
great expression and an obvious 'character'

but may be it would have been more interesting, and in keeping with the character, if the lighting was less balanced

Thanks for your comments, friends - I am glad to see that you like my work I've intentionally used a carefully balanced (2:1 ratio) lighting, because this shot was intended to be a simple lens test - nothing special. Thanks to my colleague, an excellent model, this portrait turned out to be better than expected by author

I would ask Max to pose me for more - in fact, he's a frequent observer of me jumping around my 4x5 and reciting mantras like "Please please don't shift yourself, I'm already pulling out the darkslide"

It helped start my day with a smile!

Ari,

what a pity I am so far from Crete with my Toyo! I've seen your portraits, and you're an excellent model too - not to mention, a very good photographer, too

Zhenya