Low Key - self portrait

[verticalization]

With all the "low key" tries going on around here, i thought i'd post my own i took this morning for my 365 project.

I'd love C&C on this.

Thanks for looking

 

[fokker]

It's not really low key, it just looks underexposed and noisy.

 

[AUS-10]

Holy noise batman! Out of focus too.

 

[KmH]

It's not low key, but I kind of like it.

A little to much space camera left (crop it), not enough light in your eye socket (the eye(s) is so important in a portrait) between your eye and your nose (careful, low opacity dodge so we can see the white better).

Edit: Can't do what I envisioned, the shadow area is completely blocked (the opposite of blown).

I de-noised it, slight crop and did a light dodge on the eye white.

 

[verticalization]

Thanks for the help Kmh, i liked the way it looked, i guess it isnt low-key.
the original was a bit more light than this result, i was trying to add more shadow to the dark side of the face, i didnt think it looked too good with the eye sticking out of it..

I think i'm gonna retry it, maybe with some better lighting.

 

[fokker]

Post up the original.