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mesmerajComment: Roar of the Grease Paint, Smell of the Crowd
Very good example of a more classic demonstration of camouflage.
First I like the makeup, the loop under the eye says you studied your background
I think it might have worked better of the top of the ear had been black, but just an unfortunate thing.
Second item would be of a photographic nature. The biggest failure is , in essence, the "roar of the grease panit", ie the glare off the makeup. I will be the first to admitt my knowlegde of studio lighting is zilch, my portrait work has been mostly natural lighting/available light, or in media which I could directly manipilate like charcoal. Therefore, its as much interested speculation as suggestion, but would a POL filter have worked to cut down the glare?
Third point would be framing. My first impression was to chop off the right 1/3 to bring it more in line with the RO1/3s, but can see that in this image there you could have a more powerfull statement with the "off balanced" subject.
Sorry it took is long to get your comment to you, so hopefully I said something worthwhile. BTW its a 9. and I'm very impressed by the effort you put into it.
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