Man, oh, man! This has the potential to be one of the best pictures I've ever seen.
Would you be offended if I offered some true critique?

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wow, look at that facial expression! this is a great capture.
strange guy, but thats whats make it interesting.

PLEASE do. i need to improve much over this. (btw, this is a very clean print so before criticting smudges, you can even see the mounting off to the right, my scanner just has a very bad bed... its too bad,) but PLEASE go ahead! thank you!

thank you. i just love using film to capture true life.

i agree!! i think i have to this piece... this guy just rocks!

Smudges are easy enough. We don't have to worry about those
It's also cool that you scanned it so huge, this way if we size it down (which I'd recommend), the detail will still be there.

Before I begin, I just wanted to let you know how great a picture this really is, and when it is done, I may have a surprise for you.

First I have a question or two, and after you answer those, we'll get upon this.
1.) YOU did this in a dark room originally, correct? If so and if you remember...
- what contrast filter did you use?
- how many seconds did you expose it?
- what aperture was it on?
2.) Do you want dark room tips, too?
3.) Do you want to photoshop it at all? Everything we can do in a dark room can be done with photoshop...

Let me know.

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i really dont remember correctly. however the scanner gave it a blue tint sort of... anyway, the ap. was either 5.6 or 8. seconds... ahh i did this a while a go... i have no idea. sorry... unorganized... i do not work in photoshop. i know what to do for actual graphics, i just feel that film should be kept to the darkroom as it is a handmade art, and more satisfying. (however, shoot, gimme some pointers on PS) if i had to guess many seconds... it was either 5 or 12... sorry, but i didnt use a contrast filter.

Basics:
- The composition - is immaculate. You have captured every bit of him that makes him what he is. Look at how grand he looks with that violin. You couldn't have caught him in a better pose. However he could use a little bit of cropping (the matting for certain) but crop just an eensie bit from the bottom. Just a little though, otherwise we'll lose his hand. This will make the whole thing a bit less oblong, and generally a bit easier for a normal eye to grasp. This comes from a rule I learned in photo III:
unless the ratio for height (or width) is more than double the other, the rectangle becomes skew, and therefore displeasing.
In the same respect to the rule, when all is done, I think that a medium-thin black frame, a little wider than tall (Canvas size W: 107%, H: 105%)

Now, I await the answers to the questions.

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i anzzered dem, yo. (the questions you asked me?)
thank you for that tip, i'm writing it down on my photograph folder. if you can tell, i did allready matte it (as you can see off the right, a sliver) on thin black board. i could crop that in photoshop... oooh the temptation is hard to fight but i think i'll manage.