photoninja1 Loc: Tampa Florida

Working with your critiques and suggestions I gave this another shot. I ended up with a split tone, which I prefer to B/W. Again, C &C most welcome.

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Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

This works better. You have a nice grainy feel and look to the process which suits the subject. Still a slight problem area with the spectacles but this would need some very advanced PP to cure. Its less noticeable in this version.I think a litle more detail in the whit foamy sea would be good if you can extract it I would crop some out of the sky below the dark cloud on the left and this next bit is just me so you can ignore lol
I find that sail boat on the horizon catches the eye. I know its the sea and its in the right place but I would have cloned it out.
What conversion software are you using to produce B/W?

Nightski

I am sorry, photoninjia, but this poor man looks as if he has just spent 45 minutes under water and he needs a dose of oxygen. The post processing you have done is not working for me at all. The expression and pose are nice. The focus is good and I like your DOF. The light is coming from a good angle too ... but you've made him look like the walking dead.

photoninja1 Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you.
that was pretty much what I was trying to do. I may have over done it, but now I have a process that moves in the direction I wanted to go