Lovely image and great lighting. Most impressed with the control of tyhe colour and the brightness on the skin tones, not an easy task but very well done here (5*)
Rgds
Tim

Thanks Tim

LOvely portrait, great lighting.

Another cracking shot Pete. How did you get the background so dark. I've resorted to painting or cloning for this look, but yours looks like it was shot in a studio. Well done!

Thanks JC & Paul, I did darken the background by painting over it, but it was pretty dark to begin with.
He was sitting in a beam of evening light coming in from the window and I exposed for his face, so there was a lot of natural contrast there. A sofa in the background also had some light on it but was easy to remove...

A great shot, mate.  Good post work too.

A very touching (& no doubt greatly treasured) portrait.  Aside from the great technical aspects, this conveys bucketloads of emotion Peter.  a fine, fine photograph.  Best wishes, Andrew.

Pete, some of your best work is of the famiily and people. You should be exceptionally happy with your achievements this year. Hope this coming year is trouble free and full of joy.

Hugh