Last minute entry - I got the gas mask at the military surplus store nearby for a really cheap price - it is new and functional. For a claustrophobic person like me, there is something scary about wearing a gas mask and having a limited supply of breathable air. My initial idea was a prepper-gone-bad, but it ended up like this.
Composite of three shots:
1. Shot of myself in the walk-in closet using a flashlight and some window light. This shot is inspired by, believe it or not, a horse shot that I saw long time ago. It is similar to sfmorris'
I like how the light falls off as it reaches the edges of the subject.
2. The texture which is ceiling tile - glad that I don't have to paint myself dirty.
3. Shot of black cloth (background/foreground)
Cloned out background so it is completely black.
Masked using the black cloth shot as foreground. Revealed background using a soft brush.
Blended in texture shot.
Dodge and burn.
Desaturated.
Sharpen
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The human figure emerging from a plague of darkness is visibly marked by the virus even as he clings to the hope of survival by donning a gas mask. Yes, just the thought of something akin to the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic is both scary and terrifying. Well done presentation of this scary thought - will have to find something happy to do to push down the scary thought of this.
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