self portrait - not for the squeamish (slight eye injury)

thebeginning · Jul 11, 2006

I got this from playing capture the flag with a bunch of friends last night in the dark...i sprinted right into a little branch and it poked me in the eye

so far i'm feeling fine though, i think i'll live. the actual bruise is under my eyelid, it's just spread to more of my eye.

it seemed grittier in sepia.

ShutteredEye · Jul 11, 2006

Sexy. LOL.

thebeginning · Jul 11, 2006

hahah.

das' right.

Rabieshund · Jul 11, 2006

Fo sho! >.< Lucky you didn't go blind or something.. :S

midget patrol · Jul 11, 2006

Rabieshund said:
Fo sho! >.< Lucky you didn't go blind or something.. :S

Yeah, seriously.

That is badass though. I looked at the image and did a double take.

Actually, it's not a bad photo. Well exposed, eyecatching (hehe) composition... i like it. :thumbsup:

Peanuts · Jul 11, 2006

When the viewer misses out on the actual iris and pupil, it makes for quite a great dark-side portrait! Hope everything heals okay, and that future Capture the Flag events are without incidence!

I must mention, I have been noting your wonderful toning (for lack of a better word), now by asking how you do this might be asking too much, but I must state, wow.

LaFoto · Jul 11, 2006

Ouch!
That reminds me of the e-mail an old friend of mind once sent to me in which she had to report she had run into a twig in the dark - and totally LOST her eye like that. It did not only get bruised like yours here, it was lost forever. I still get the shivers when I think about it - and your post here and the story that goes with it don´t help my shivers any at all. Whoa!

MommyOf4Boys · Jul 11, 2006

OUCH!!!!

darin3200 · Jul 12, 2006

Ouch, that sucks. Reminds me of a time when I got a paper cut to the eye.

Good photo btw

omeletteman · Jul 12, 2006

**** that looks painful. Great photo though

thebeginning · Jul 13, 2006

hah thanks guys

i think it's going to be ok...no damage to the cornea or retina, but i do have a larger eye cup than normal, which sometimes leads to glaucoma. i'm working on preventing that though, and i should be fine.