a portrait of my 88 year old grandfather

[rampanthamster]

had lunch with a few of the family outside last friday and brought my camera down. Slightly limited insofar as i was using an 85mm lens for this shot, so quite a tight fit (missed top of his head, wasn't sure how vital that is for this kind of shot??). Any way, he didn't really like me taking too many shots of him, and was pulling faces most of the time, but i thought i caught him pretty well here:


Granpat by Rowan Hunn, on Flickr

thanks for looking

 

[Lbm]

Excellent.

 

[Peter B]

A first class portrait and all the better for the strong eye contact and the miffed expression. I'd maybe crop slightly on the right to try and level up his shoulders a bit as he looks slightly lopsided, but then again that shows it wasn't really posed!

 

[halshaater]

love it

 

[chivers67]

Looking good and very distinguished

 

[Because]

Given his attitude towards having a lens pointed at him for any length of time, it's a great shot - one I'd be proud of, certainly. And there's no rule that, for this type of shot, the tip of the head can't be cropped. It almost adds to the composition... Liking very much...

 

[onform]

A very nice shot indeed. The eyes and shadows need lifting just a touch inho. I hope you Don't mind but I did an edit to show what I mean.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/onform1/5695778037/

 

[WP-UK]

Brilliant shot! Love the sincereness of his expression towards the image being taken.

 

[amsheep]

I like this shot a lot, a very powerful image

 

[ChrisH]

Love it, seems like he still has a twinkle in his eye and mischief in his heart.

I picture I'd really treasure

 

[jeangenie]

That is a fabulous shot! He looks very distinguished and quite aloof from all those carryings-on with the camera. This is definitely a picture you should treasure.

btw - has your Grandfather seen it, and what did he think of it?

Jean

 

[Baden187]

outstanding love the PP you have applied well done!!!

 

[SamP]

Fantastic that!