Upclose shot with external flash
Cropped to only one eye
Turned brightness and contrast way up
Desaturated all colors but blues
Turned saturation up on blue and lowered lightness
Removed some specs in pupil and upper eyebrow
blurred some of the eye itself
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I agree with some of your commentors and disagree with some. I think the eye should be in focus - absolutely. In a macro, I want detail. I want to see things that I can't normally see.
The high contrast is evident - but actually a main portion of this image turns out to be the shadow under the eyebrow and that's got great middle exposure. I know the white skin and black hairs are supposed to be the contrast, but watch what the rest of the shot does as well.
Good composition, nice subject. Just nail focus next time.
This is a very inspiring shot. It reminds me of 80's type art. It was done well. I would have like to see the pupil in focus and maybe have it cropped a bit more to the right but still verty nice.
Strong use of selective desat. Like the detail showing the hair on the low part of the eyebrow. Would prefer to see some more shadow, and the focus on the eye instead. 10.
I like the heavy eyelashes and the high pass of it. It'd be great if the iris were really sharply focused as well as the area directly above it. Good effort. 7
Great high key feel and amazing focus on the eyelashes. I like the selective color too. The only thing I think I might change would be the crop. Because it seems to be so centered, it lacks the interest I think it could generate by an offset composition. Other than that - great job! Bumping up.
it's a great concept, but IMO this kind of photo really need perfect sharpness in all elements. As it is, it is only focused on lashes, the DOF should've been increased a bit.
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