I like this one a lot. The black and white rendition allows one to study the features and details of this fellow more closely. The exposure is perfect and the size is just right. I don't care for the broad bands of black on either side of the picture (makes everything too gloomy)...and I wish you could somehow reproduce the background of the soldier out onto the sides. I know the soldiers themselves are too close together to be able to isolate just one any more than you have already done.

Hi Herman,
you did a great job on this one,
I like the pose, and B&W,
To Isolate, you could either get further away and use a longer focal length (zoom in), or you could try to blur the background more (in PS or by using a wider aperture).
I don't think it must be isolated that much, but as Sharon advised, I thought I'd gave you some tip's.

Thanks for sharing
Tim

Hi Tim,
Thanks for visiting Terra Cotta Soldier #2, and for your comments. Note that the soldier was about 50 feet away from me, with so-so daytime natural lighting. Reviewing the EXIF data on the shot, it was shot at 200 mm, f2.8, 1/8 sec., ISO 100 (handheld; tripods not allowed in the museum; VR came in handy here!). I guess I could have pulled out my teleconverter, but that would make the effective aperture smaller, resulting in less background blur (and slower shutter speed; likely would not be able to hand-hold, unless I used higher ISO, increasing noise). I hadn't considered further blurring the background in PS, as I thought it was blurred enough for my taste. I may try it though. Thanks. Here is one situation where Nikon's 200 f/2 VR lens would have come in most handy, but don't have $4000 handy though, plus the beast weighs over 6 lbs....I can dream though...). Thanks again. Herman

Very interesting sculpture with nice tones in the B&W!! Sweet details and a real treat!! Thanks for sharing it!!

Can't wait till I can go see these fellows in person. Until then, thanks for sharing the little piece of history! Great image with fantastic clarity - can even see the striations made for his hair. Would love to see more of Xi'an if you have!

What an amazing shot, I like the use of black and white. I would love to see these guys for real, I think they are coming to Britain soon but too far away for me to visit. Thank you for letting me some of them. The detail on them is fantastic.