A selfportrait, taken with some halogen pears under a softbox few degrees on the left.
PP; turned into B&W with severual layers and bunch of adjustement layers. Somewhere around 15 when it was finished I remember :)
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Place: 150 out of 491 Avg (all users): 5.6416 Avg (commenters): 6.8571 Avg (participants): 5.4262 Avg (non-participants): 5.8089 Views since voting: 1186 Views during voting: 425 Votes: 279 Comments: 21 Favorites: 0
Compositionally, I think the "awkward" crop works well with the drama and tension set up by your expression and "make up." I'm not sure that the light at the top of your head, where just a bit of your hair is silhouetted is truly effective. It is actually kind of distracting to me.
Technically, the exposure is right on and you have some good detail. Also, with the neck area being softer, it helps to give some depth to the shot.
Emotionally, this shot really tells a story, or at least leads the viewer to imagine one. The black and white, the smeared black on the face all work together to build tension and emotion.
Frankly, I am surprised at your score, and would have thought that it would score higher. Reading your comments, the size thing may have also affected you, but it wasn't that noticeable to me. It is not your typical, clean bw portrait, so that may have hurt you some, but you have an awesome shot here that you can be proud of.
Light: the overexposed parts on her skin are daring, but they fit the whole look of the person. So while i normally would say they have to go, here they are needed to create the very feel of the shot. I also like how you set up a bit of light behind her so we can see the hair jumping out. However i do miss this light for her hair on the right side of the shot.
Composition: offcenter, partly hidden from view (hair on the left) helps to create the feel as well.
Great choice of model, good idea and great execution of idea. vote=9
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