Canon (sp?) beach -- beautiful place. Nice image

Thanks Kevin. Yes, this is Cannon Beach Oregon.

Oh, this is magical! The fact that you caught the seagull off in the distance is amazing.

A bit of cropping off the top and the bottom will make this a stronge iamge. Nice capture of a classic location.

A crop off the left too. Just a bit!

Unless you were trying to place this gentleman in an airplane setting for some reason, I think you can crop out the entire right side and just concentrate on him.

Once you do that, the picture works for me just as it is.

This is what I see as a documentary style photograph - not so much a portrait.

I spend far too long considering various crops on my own shots so in my estimation I think cropping out the entire right side here would make this a far less intersting photo.

That said, I'm not wild on the extremes of this one, from over-exposed to murky shadows, they throw me off and I end up staring at the wall in the centre.

But I think the biggest thing I'm missing here is the context. If this is a close relative, and it's a particularly memorable trip, then it's a shot eggplant has an emotional attachment to. As it is, on first view, it's not a shot I feel much connection with beyond being curious on his expression and off-camera gaze.

I like this picture, and I agree with doilyboy, lighting the face more, and we'd see more of his gestures. His hand was in the right place at the right moment...I love it!

I like it. Yes, it could use some extra light on his face, but the picture makes me think..."I wonder what he is thinking about"

What's out that window? Heaven? (Just joking around.) I like the simplicity of this shot. My only complaint is the bottoms of the towels are partially cut off. But otherwise, well done.

Thanks, Uncommondepth. Heaven, you ask? Well, outside the window is San Francisco...took this on a trip there last summer. Actually, you can just barely see the bottoms of the towels, but your point is well taken, because I did a pretty heave edge burn to this photo, and I think I over-did it, because they do look like they are cut off.
Thanks for the thoughts!

I just love this shot - I've been clicking it whenever it shows up. The tonality - framing - dang - everything about it - I'm so pleased that it has made the page!

good shot - if there was a view outside, it may have been distracting

Thanks guys.
@ArneG, I was hoping someone might find this odd enough to be tickled by it.
@elijah, yeah, I intentionally let the outside get completely blown out to create that feel. Thanks for your thoughts.

Love the mood

lots of drama in this.
a bit too much cut off the building though?

Awesome!

wow... ! LOVE tones,
the silhouette's add a lot too...

wow... ! LOVE the tones,
the silhouette's add a lot too...

Cool looking Christmas tree.