I'm so sorry!

[harmon1]

[jcuknz]

When you tried to post you lost the final " MG]" of the address



EDIT Yes that's what was missing

[harmon1]

thanks!

[Shadowman]

Nice portrait.

[Stagecoach]

Very nice Harmon, it certainly conveys what your title suggests.

I do not take portraits myself but suspect the harsh shadows may be a topic discussed with this one, I feel they actually help.

[Manfred M]

Harmon - I think conceptually, including the shadow is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure about the actual execution.

The shadow, just off the edge of the image - to me it is more distracting than anything else. If the shadow is to be part of the image, don't be half-hearted about it; make sure it either plays a significant role in the composition and include all of it or shoot in such a way that it is not in the image at all.

Looking at the shot, I think I see three small light sources placed quite close to your model, camera left. I see three catchlights in your model's eyes. The harsh shadows indicate small light sources and the sharp light dropoff means they are probably just out of range from the camera. The lighting is funky, but a bit confusing, given the way the shadows fall.

One interesting way to get the "sorry" look would be to have your key light coming in from the front and top to cast a smaller, but fairly hard shadow beside your model'; somehow smaller tends to go better with that thought than a larger shadow.

That being said; you have a very creative shot and your model plays the role of being sorry quite nicely.