very nice and funny guy, take a look at his website: www.hannesmuik.com , there you can find more photos I've taken of him in the "fotogalerie"-"portraits".
resized, desaturated, unsharp mask, curves, canvas size = frame. that's it. we had lots of fun while we took this and all the other pictures, you can also find some more of them at my own website www.isabell-schatz.com
I used a ringlight standing in front of him, a bit from above.
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you should have called it "cotton mouth" like this killer bitch from "kill bill"...
but nice effort, i didn't vote in this challenge unfortunately, ringlights rule! ;)
i think it's a bit annoying that your subject is not exactly in the middle of the frame because IMO in these symmetric compositions that's important to take care of.
anyways, cool shot! :)
has all the makings of a winner, but lacks just that last little bit. good bw, good composition. the blacks are perhaps too black. dont like the blob on the bottom left as it disturbs the symmetry. 7