Your nose is the essence of yourself? You must have really bad hayfever or something. Seriously, though, nice study of form but a little too tight a crop I think. Also a very unflattering light angle. Totally obscuring your eyes which greatly dehumanises the shot. 6 - floyd.
I've tried to drop this from 7 to 6 three times and can't do it. the thumbnail looks awful, but the pic is really quite nice. shows lots of character (what you really need are some good ol' scars - kidding). it will remain a 7 (which is in my top 10)
I like the idea here.. but.. it's hard to make a good portrait when the viewers eyes are drawn to looking up your nostrils. Perhaps a different angle would have been preferable for this. The shadowing and the blue tone are good ideas but that nose kinda throws this shot off for me.
I love the lighting and the angle. This is a small detail, but I really like how your eyelashes look against your skin. very cool. you're not Rob Zombie's long lost twin brother are you? lol
I appreciate the artistic endeavor but, in a portrait entitled "Essense of Self", I would have prefered to see at least a little of your eye. The way you have the lighting, your nose is what stands out more than anything and, sorry, but I just dont' see that as illustrating the essense of you. Interesting shot though.
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