Self Portrait C&C

[Ballistics]

What do you think?


DSC_8957 by Compressed Memories, on Flickr

 

[michaeljamesphoto]

It's a well done basic self portrait.
However, I've found that the self portraits that give a little more insight to the self than the appearance of one's face are much more successful. Try experimenting with expressing different aspects of yourself or your life in your self portraits

 

[Ballistics]

It's a well done basic self portrait.
However, I've found that the self portraits that give a little more insight to the self than the appearance of one's face are much more successful. Try experimenting with expressing different aspects of yourself or your life in your self portraits

I wasn't going for an environmental portrait, just a picture of my face hiding from the sun.

 

[michaeljamesphoto]

It's a well done basic self portrait.
However, I've found that the self portraits that give a little more insight to the self than the appearance of one's face are much more successful. Try experimenting with expressing different aspects of yourself or your life in your self portraits

I wasn't going for an environmental portrait, just a picture of my face hiding from the sun.

Looks like you've achieved that then :thumbup:

 

[Ballistics]

It's a well done basic self portrait.
However, I've found that the self portraits that give a little more insight to the self than the appearance of one's face are much more successful. Try experimenting with expressing different aspects of yourself or your life in your self portraits

I wasn't going for an environmental portrait, just a picture of my face hiding from the sun.

Looks like you've achieved that then :thumbup:

The story here is I really hate the sun lol.

 

[Rephargotohp]

Your nose is posterized and it makes it stand out too much

 

[Ballistics]

Your nose is posterized and it makes it stand out too much

Is that the right term? I was under the impression when something is posterized, the color isn't gradual so it looks like it was overly compressed.

 

[Rephargotohp]

well in this case the "Tone" is not gradual on your nose and it look posterized.

If you are happy with it, then it's fine

 

[Ballistics]

well in this case the "Tone" is not gradual on your nose and it look posterized.

If you are happy with it, then it's fine

Oh, you're talking about the hot spot. Yeah, it could benefit from being retouched.

Usually when I hear posterized I think of this - http://alvinalexander.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/007-posterize.jpg?w=488&h=390

 

[designerfoo]

I like it! I don't know if its me or the screen, but its slightly blurred.

 

[Pau1]

I would fire the guy that too the photo, its not very sharp.

 

[kundalini]

If you had held a reflector just out of frame from below and slightly camera left, it would have given a more even light on your face and drawn out details in the shadow under the hood (your left ear). A reflector would also add some catchlights in the eyes. As is, the lighting looks as if you had a spotlight aimed at your nose, missing the eyes. Typically, the eyes are the most important aspect of a portrait because they reveal the emotion behind the mask.

Self portraits are tough. Keep at it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[willis_927]

You over brightened, and over sharpened the eyes. They look un-natural because most of the eye socket is in complete shadow, and then the eye balls are fairly bright.

 

[Ballistics]

I would fire the guy that too the photo, its not very sharp.

Haha oh boy. I would fire the guy who told you what a self portrait is. Going through your post history, you would benefit from unplugging your keyboard and just reading for a little while. You seem to do a lot of nonsense critiquing that helps no one, yet your own work shows that you don't practice what you preach. You are in no position to be giving d-bag critiques with the stuff you post here. If you stopped posting all together, you would be doing this forum a great service.

 

[Ballistics]

I like it! I don't know if its me or the screen, but its slightly blurred.

I was kind of going for a blurry dirty look. I don't know how to articulate it properly. Looks like I wasn't successful though loll.