June 2017 Photo Competition - "Portraits"

[toasty]

The subject for June is "Portraits".

The good, the bad and the ugly - let's see those mugshots of people, people.

Good luck everyone.

Rules
The photos taken must be your own work
The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month.
The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for following month and judges it at the end of the month
Entries and discussion on this single thread please.
All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
Photos entered should be no bigger than 750 pixels wide for a landscape photo and 600 pixels high for a portrait photo due to the PH squash factor. Links to larger versions are permissible.

Can the mods please make this a sticky? - many thanks

[DavidY]

170520 Colwyn Bay 1940s Event by David Yeoman, on Flickr

[paul.deitch]

German childrens' carnival in February this year. Weather was very dull but I got a few shots to put on the hallway wall.
Reminded my of the film American Beauty!

[C&C]

Taken a while ago at Diwali.

IMG_5861 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

[Smollet]

Llyn Brianne near Llandovery

[neilski]

A café owner's son in northern Vietnam.

[Nigel_O]

Smollet said:

Llyn Brianne near Llandovery

er, wrong thread?......

[singlecoil]

Julia with sunflowers by Elliott and Nolan, on Flickr

[55palfers]

[LordHaveMurci]

Love that 1st pic.

My feeble attempt:

will by D N, on Flickr

[Top Banana]

B&W one from me....

Liv portrait in B&W by jon bawden, on Flickr

[nomad63]

[toasty]

Result time! I really enjoyed looking at these, all good portraits, though the grainy lake was a curveball.

Honourable mention for this one, good portrait, unfortunately disqualified for being too big. Boo, hiss.

LordHaveMurci said:

will by D N, on Flickr

3rd Place - Great lighting and looks very professional.

singlecoil said:

Julia with sunflowers by Elliott and Nolan, on Flickr

2nd Place - Very intimate and reminiscent of Julie Delpy in Before Sunrise.

Top Banana said:

Liv portrait in B&W by jon bawden, on Flickr

1st Place - First to enter and the benchmark. Love the mood, the high contrast B&W, the background scaffolding and the character in the guy's face. It all comes together to be the best portrait for me. Well done David! Over to you for July's comp!

DavidY said:

170520 Colwyn Bay 1940s Event by David Yeoman, on Flickr

[DavidY]

Blimey, didn't expect to get selected for this one, thanks, and some great other entries as well.

New theme up shortly.