Maestro and His Shadow

It looks like this subject is turning into a series: black and white portraits of Maestro!

In the other photos in this "series", I saw him in one of his usual spots and took a picture. In this case, however, he was kind enough to pose for me, and wait there until I was done composing the shot. So, I suppose that makes him my first official model...

The color conversion was done in LAB mode. I used a couple of layers with different blending modes (partial overlay) to increase contrast, and also selected the carpet with the lasso tool to darken it with Curves. Maestro's nose and left eye were much too dark, so a little dodging was necessary.

As always, I welcome your comments.

f/6.7, 43 mm., ISO 400, 1/90 sec.