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Challenge: Portrait II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Date: Dec 29, 2011
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Black and White, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Dec 29, 2011

 So, it's off with his head eh..LOL I like the headroom and I don't want to fit in, but I appreciate all the comments and the support. So thank you to all, it is a pleasure to be in the fold.
Used 1 Bowens 500c flash with 140x100 soft box about 100cm away, no back light - that's the reflection off the orange/red wall about 100cm behind. Dodge & burn, cosmetic surgery spotting, Silver Efex Pro 2 especially to lighten the dark side. Darkened lips and lightened eyes using CS5 curves. Tone mapped the invisible Daniel Boon raccoon hat.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 93
Avg (all users): 6.9740
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.9038
Avg (non-participants): 7.0098
Views since voting: 2267
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 154
Comments: 24
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 01/10/2012 02:33:42 AM
Ah! This was very fine. Still is, actually. I did give it a decent score (7, which is very high for me), and meant to comment further but something happened. My alarm didn't go off. The dog ate my comment. The train was late out of Strathfield. One of those, anyway. Sorry for my no show before now, and congratulations on a surprisingly but pleasingly high finish for such a very good picture :)

I'll always vote for more headroom, by the way. Max Headroom. Cropping it down closer would have risked mussing your hair (and I have much less hair than you too, so I know about these sensitive tonsorial cropping considerations).
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 01/10/2012 01:30:06 AM
Congrats on your top ten finish. It is my favorite of the challenge.
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 01/09/2012 03:45:03 AM
Great shot. So much I can learn from this.
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 01/08/2012 09:42:17 PM
Great finish John, superb expresion, serious but slightly mischievous maybe.
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 01/08/2012 07:18:35 PM
I really pegged this to place. I agree with the comments about the crop. This is a great pic.
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 01/08/2012 07:09:41 PM
Fabulous selfie, John. Just love this. Congrats on the topo10
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 01/08/2012 07:03:40 PM
Hey well done John, I didn't recognise you. 6th cool.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2012 06:35:35 PM
stunning painterly effect.
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 01/08/2012 03:50:56 PM
Nice job on the lighting and great detail.
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 01/08/2012 03:31:07 PM
This is classic. A little dark, but it might be my monitor. I realize that's the look and I like it.
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 01/08/2012 03:26:06 PM
nice lightiing.
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 01/08/2012 02:14:51 PM
Love the light and tones.
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 01/08/2012 08:28:43 AM
Love the processing on this one, i feel the crop above the subjects head could have been a little tighter.
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 01/06/2012 02:21:40 PM
Really good choice of BW treatment and classical pose.
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 01/05/2012 04:58:20 AM
Like the texture in the photo and a strong manly pose. Good shot...
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 01/04/2012 10:19:52 AM
Great light! Nice portrait.
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 01/03/2012 11:38:46 PM
Un Portrait classique très bien réussit. :)
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 01/03/2012 04:54:46 PM
Very well done... An image that makes you stop and look twice... or thrice. Good to see a technical photo that doesn't look "technical". That shows that you really know what you are doing. Good luck on this one.
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 01/02/2012 05:34:38 AM
lovely dark tone and mood with a nice glow from the seperation light, good job of a proper portrait. 8
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 01/02/2012 05:19:53 AM
I like the shadow play yet he still has a catch light in his left eye.
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 01/01/2012 10:18:37 PM
Very unsettling
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 01/01/2012 07:39:13 PM
I love the talent of the photographer here... I just wish the top were cropped to make it more "on the thirds".
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 01/01/2012 07:32:36 PM
Oh, yes. I feel like I'm in the room with him.
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 01/01/2012 07:13:48 PM
Just fantastic! My winner 10.
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