The setup for this:
- Spirit gum and theatrical wax to block out existing eyebrows
- Cover with cream based makeup
- Draw on new eyebrows a la Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls
- Set up is hotlamp at 1 o'clock in relation to the model (me) and regular lamp directly behind
- Put camera on stack of books with mirror directly behind and trigger with cable release
Post processing (in no particular order)
- Convert from raw
- Crop, resize, levels
- Contrast, Saturation
- Clone out skin imperfections and eyebrow smudges
- Clone out background imperfections
- Sharpen eyes and lips
- Gaussian blur everything but eyes and lips
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Your eyes and expression make this shot; we get a sense of who you are behind that mask. Lighting is a little harsh and a wee bit overprocessed, but the revelation of the inner self makes this a 9.
Lighting is smart, especially the backlighting glow along the right side of your face. Love the red lips and the fantastic expression, but some of the highlights on the face seem a bit harsh..almost blown out. Not the keenest on the crop of the top of the head, but I don't think it really damages the look of the image much.
Very nice. I like the style, focusing, lighting.. .and your face :) It's not difficult to take a good photo with a beautiful face :) Technically very good, overall excellent job :)
Really nice SP, love the designs in your eyebrow. Very creative and for as much lighting as you have, it was controlled well to not lose any detail on your features. Nice work, and beautiful lips.
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