Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by spiritualspatula:
To me, I guess that the final product and the original are completely different and can't be compared...
What I mean is that there was a lot of potential to go with an actual accurate portrayal of the original, but the final product is very stylized. How I would rate it depends upon which you're aiming to accomplish. This, here, is a great stylized image in my opinion. It has a definite green cast to it, but it works well for a stylized portrait.
If I were going with the original and looking at ways to improve, I would think about lowering the keylight and making it have a higher angle (more offset to the right) to make things a bit more moody in shot instead of afterward. It seems as though you've lowered it anyway, so that's something to consider. I tend to underexpose my photos a LITTLE because it seems easier to pull from under than over. As was already mentioned, eyes are a bit over the top, but it works well as a stylized photo.
Consider a rimlight to separate things a bit more, or just hair in general.

Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by e10icus:
Hmmm. Wonder what B/W processing would do with this?
BTW-Looks like you're getting comfortable with that reflector you got yourself. Nice work on the lighting!

Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by LMA128:
nice self portrait, man those are so difficult! this one is good, i just have a few suggestions that I think I would have done differently. The eyes look a TAD bit over processed, it looks like over saturation or too much burning or something around the colored part of the eye.I might have also been hesitant at shooting in portrait orientation, because I think off centered landscape orientation self portraits give more of an impact visually, sometimes i think I get bored with portraits in portrait orientation, but obviously everyone has different opinions! By the way DOF is great, I like that you kept the skin looking natural. All around great self portrait...

IMG_4209
by Senay

Comment by Melethia:
Another excellent portrait - this is lovely.

Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by Paul:
This is n exceptionally well lit and executed portrait.

Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
The title is only true if you freeze him in carbonite.

Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by Mitch55:
Well executed portrait, light is perfect, and subject is intriguing. 8

Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by ThingFish:
Very nicely executed portrait.

The Renaissance of Detroit
by Senay

Comment by aber:
too mch black not enough white, if there is water in the foreground shouldnt there be reflections

Forever Young
by Senay

Comment by mrbig65:
"what a honk",,,, lovely green eyes,,,,,,, good portrait ,,,,,,