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Something bugs me about the right hand side of this. I used a piece of card to hide the ear and hair (cropping just after the eyebrow ends, but before the hairline) and the shot worked better for me. It may be because the right hand side is so bright compared to the left, or maybe it pushes your head slightly off centre.
The eyes want pulling out a little more with some additional focusing - they look a hint soft to me and a little lacklustre. Do a search for RAW Challenge 2 and go to the top of page 3. There's a tutorial that Keith did for me, and which I wrote out, that covers processing portraits. The stuff for skin wouldn't suit this, but the stuff for the eyes would.
Other than that I'd say try the shot with some homemade reflectors to lighten the left hand side a touch, although I'm not sure if the reflectors are needed here or not.
However, I think you're onto something and with just a few little tweaks would make this work well.
Something bugs me about the right hand side of this. I used a piece of card to hide the ear and hair (cropping just after the eyebrow ends, but before the hairline) and the shot worked better for me. It may be because the right hand side is so bright compared to the left, or maybe it pushes your head slightly off centre.
The eyes want pulling out a little more with some additional focusing - they look a hint soft to me and a little lacklustre. Do a search for RAW Challenge 2 and go to the top of page 3. There's a tutorial that Keith did for me, and which I wrote out, that covers processing portraits. The stuff for skin wouldn't suit this, but the stuff for the eyes would.
Other than that I'd say try the shot with some homemade reflectors to lighten the left hand side a touch, although I'm not sure if the reflectors are needed here or not.
However, I think you're onto something and with just a few little tweaks would make this work well.
When you ask does the lighting work? Work for what? What were you trying to achieve?
If you wanted to make yourself look rather sinister then you have succeeded guessing you lit this from quite a low position which has a hammer horror effect.
For me the right hand side is too bright leading to a loss of detail in the skin.The right side is too dark leading to a black hole of an eye socket, again rather scary.
Your expression again has a look that says I am intent on evil. Maybe you are taking a picture of your victim to add to the collection : )
martin
If you wanted to make yourself look rather sinister then you have succeeded guessing you lit this from quite a low position which has a hammer horror effect.
For me the right hand side is too bright leading to a loss of detail in the skin.The right side is too dark leading to a black hole of an eye socket, again rather scary.
Your expression again has a look that says I am intent on evil. Maybe you are taking a picture of your victim to add to the collection : )
martin
Actually Tony is close. I have been reading my Arnold Newman Book and thinking about the style. His photograph of Alfred Krupp intrigued me with its use of shadow. It makes him look evil and I wanted to play with this look.
Also I need a photo for a competition on shadows. So rather than do the obvious I wanted to try something different for me.
And I thought it might make a good profile picture.
Your comments on the RH side are well made, and I will try to burn that area in more.
More experiments to follow. Plus it was a rainy night and it kept me occupied.
Also I need a photo for a competition on shadows. So rather than do the obvious I wanted to try something different for me.
And I thought it might make a good profile picture.
Your comments on the RH side are well made, and I will try to burn that area in more.
More experiments to follow. Plus it was a rainy night and it kept me occupied.
