Bone To Pick.

[K_Pugh]

Sorry about the title, i just didn't know what to put. This is my attempt at a gritty/grungy self-portrait.

snooted flash camera left, brightness/contrast, B&W conversion with blue filter, smart sharpen

I feel it could have been sharper with a bit more definition but i was mainly playing with lighting.. any other C&C welcome.

cheers.

 

[camerainmyhand]

Wow, really impressive. The texture the lighting produces is really nice.
I feel like it would have more of an impact on me if more of your eye was visible. I'm not sure how you could do that, I know that part of the eye can be hard to light. Especially when trying to maintain all of those delicious shadows.

Overall a really great image.

 

[K_Pugh]

thanks for that,

yeah i would also have liked to see the white of the other side of the eye a bit just to define the pupil but i'm sure it's not as easy as it sounds it should be.

 

[kundalini]

It looks like you may have had the flash only slightly forward of the ear and directed straight on. Try sliding it around to somewhere in the 30-45° from camera left and pointed at your right eye.

That or have it bounced off a reflector. I'm thinking have the flash positioned about 2-3 feet above and directley behind your head and firing at a reflector that is about 2 feet in front of you pointed at about a 45° angle. Just a thought.

 

[K_Pugh]

ah good thinking, may try that later see how it goes.