Natural lighting from my apartment window, in my bedroom on a Sunday afternoon.
Post processing
- USM
- Levels
- Hue/Saturation to mute colours and bring in duotone
- Brightness/Contrast to emphasize shadows
- Cloned out pixel artifact resulting from USM
Statistics
Place: 105 out of 247 Avg (all users): 5.5605 Avg (commenters): 6.6667 Avg (participants): 5.4595 Avg (non-participants): 5.6506 Views since voting: 1023 Views during voting: 454 Votes: 314 Comments: 6 Favorites: 0
Composition: 5
Technical: 6, I wish there were just a little more light on your face, but I like the angle you are looking in relation to the camera
Appeal: 6
Challenge: 7
Overall Calculated Average Score: 6
i don't know anything about portraiture, so i'm using your image as a guinnea pig as to what i think i would or wouldn't do in this situation, as well as what i notice and get out of your image.
great capture. i like the lighting, colors, and composition. there are a couple spots that look like they could be handled in editing, but nothing major. some may complain about an imbalance in the lighting, but i don't have any problem with it as is. really like how you seem to have caught the essence you were looking for.
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A good casual pose but the lighting leaves a little to be desired. My criticism is not with the low key lighting of the face but rather the disparity created by comparing the light on the arm against the shadow and then this against the face. Outside of this I like the composition. Bumping to 6.
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