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 Another self-portrait. Thanks for the great comments on the last one - please give me your honest opinion on this one too. It's very stylized so it's likely that some people will really dislike it. Let me know who you are! Posted by Gaja at March 29, 2005 10:31 PM © All images are copyrighted. Please contact me for permission or licensing. Commentswonderful high contrast, and great cropping and expression. Posted by: zerosun at April 7, 2005 1:14 AM Hi, thanks for visiting my photoblog. I love this shot, the high contrast perfoms very well. The angle of your head is perfect for me and i like to look at your eye, nice expression. good work. Posted by: rog3r at April 3, 2005 4:54 PM Contrary to your doubts, this is the one I prefer. I like high key portraits and this is well done. This kind of shots are all about eyes, and you got your well. The orientation. tight crop, and the way you are looking away make it interesting and dynamic. I like it! Only small thing: I would have liked to see more of the upper eye, or nothing at all. Posted by: Massimo at April 2, 2005 4:37 PM Im a fan of "non-standard" portraits in general anyway, and I like the angle of this one. Posted by: paul at March 31, 2005 8:25 PM i like this one! Posted by: obfuse at March 31, 2005 6:22 PM I think the problem with critiquing portraits, which applies to all areas of photography but particularly portraits imo, is that without knowing the photographer's objective in taking the shot it's very hard to pass judgement on the end result. For example, if I were to assume this was for a passport photo, I'd say it was a distinct failure. If however it were an ad for some sort of nostril-related product, you'd be spot on. Subjectively, I like the harshness and texture around the eyes and mouth but the floating nostrils are disturbing. Posted by: marc at March 31, 2005 2:53 PM Wow, love the treatment here - very nice. Posted by: deceptive at March 31, 2005 10:38 AM wonderful B&W ... very old B&W glamour feel Posted by: Crash at March 30, 2005 9:55 PM I love the high contrast and grain of this one. Interesting angle and crop, too. Posted by: Andreas at March 30, 2005 4:08 PM I really like the heavily stylised version. There's the great mix of close up detail in the eyes and the mouth and a complete lack of any tone or detail on most of the face. Posted by: owen at March 30, 2005 1:34 PM Billboard, marketing quality. Great job. Posted by: Sean at March 30, 2005 7:26 AM I must say, I liked the first one a lot more. I am not so much into this style. The picture looks 'hard'. The contrast is too much for me. You wanted my honest opinion so here it is. If I had to choose between the first or the second one, I would pick the first one. Posted by: Chantal at March 30, 2005 3:17 AM this one's perfect! Its' like from old movie or somethig Posted by: sari at March 30, 2005 2:15 AM I like the extreme contrast, as well as the fact that you have retained some tonal variation. Each of the features is isolated and dramatic. Posted by: VISUAL FIELD at March 29, 2005 11:55 PM Post a comment |