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Hi Paul
Natural - my kind of shot. I find nothing wrong in not having eye contact - I often think that this brings out the character of the subject better to those who know him. good b/g but the missing lathe to the left of the head is a bit distracting for me. Looks good on Flickr as you say. Like the proportion and the cropped off head - which is not always to everyone's taste. Nose and area under the eyes a bit bright losing some detail.
Half - unusually the apple is not cut and the front 'half' and the half light works well. I am not sure about the reflected red of the apple but the b/g I find to my taste with the graduation of the shadows.
Half #2 - imaginative and well handled - altho in this instance I find the b/g a little grey and dull
Skill - on theme and i cannot see where you have cloned out the interference. good pov, nice curve of the men and interesting main b/g but the houses to the right are a bit off and the exposure of the two chaps to the right is accordingly a bit bright
Architecture - good idea and very well handled. Good choice of main image and props.
Thanks Alan for the detailed comments
Natural suffered from overprocessing (by me) but this is all part of the learning curve and the best way of improving is to study one's mistakes. Thanks for the positive crit.
Half 1 - you echo my own thoughts completely, so thanks for confirming my own "critical eye" isn't too far off!
Half 2 - I agree, the shot is a little flat despite the odd subject... makes me suspect it's the background at least in part too.
Skill - very good point re: exposure and direction of sun (which is obvious from the shadows) - I could and should have fixed this with a carefully applied grad in post (since I don't own any "real" filters I can only do this in post)
Architecture - thanks... funnily enough I wasn't sure about the choice of main shot, being a night time long exposure.
Cheers to you and everyone else for the massively helpful feedback. I think I need to post a shot or two without much/any PP just to make sure I can still take real photos!