Actually just unpacked and setup my new monolights, lol. wanted to practice with some dramtic lighting so I thought why not enter and get a few comments!! So anyway I present to you me as lit from the side with a single 160ws mono light with a honeycomb and barn doors...Processed with PS7 layers for hue/sat (minimal adjustment), levels, and brightness/contrast, also very minimal burning on background layer.
Score prediction...5.0...maybe!! Just looking for suggestions really...
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I think you got pretty close to what you were trying to do! My one suggestion would be to wear a shirt that does show up just a bit, to prevent the "floating head" syndrome. And perhaps just a wee bit more light on the lit side, with a reflector on the unlit side to give a hit of shape to that side of the face. Or not. :-)
Good to see you back in the challenges, although I have to confess that I did not recognise you...Time has obviously ravaged your once youthful countenance ;-)
I really like the light set up for this shot, I am a big fan of half face portraits although I always have to cheat and use the edge of the frame to achieve this. Really like the blackness of the black, and the sharpness of the shot
Beautifully composed. There is just one thing selfish me wants to see in it is, the highlights are lifted little bit more up. Since it was advanced editing challenge the highlights could have been dodged little bit. I feel might be better than this. Anyway liked it.
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