One versus self

[surenj]

The remnants of the eternal struggle.

For your critique as always. Thanks for your opinions.

[craig.rohse]

I like it Suren

It's like a character from the latest Zombie movie.

[gstark]

Suren,

While a little of the photochopping you've done is obvious, I like this too. You are doing some great work of late, and your mind is working in overtime.

My only real niggle is that the reds on the lh side of the image (the edges of the hat, cheek and neck) are very typical of how easy it is to blow red highlights in digital photography. Reducing the intensity of the light source providing this light will help pull this back and give you more detail in this area.

[biggerry]

Suren, you been watching way too many spooky movies

Very creative on this one, as Gary mentioned the photochop is fairly obvious, however I reckon it would only take a small amount of tweaking to achieve that movie poster level!

I think there need to be a bit more clearance around the right eye (as the viewer looks at it) the white plastic layer needs to end around the eyebrow line.

Now I want to see the terminator version....

[Big V]

Definately the terminator type look going on here - you will scare little children!!!

[devilla101]

lovin' it

Very interesting concept and well executed.

[biggerry]

lovin' it

methinks this image would go well photochopped with devilla101's cockatoo island shot. Saw meets terminator...

[aim54x]

Great stuff, very interesting concept...would love to see more.

[surenj]

I like it Suren

I like this too

way too many spooky movies

you will scare little children!!!

very interesting concept

Thanks everyone. Your comments are much appreciated.

photochopping you've done is obvious

photochop is fairly obvious

Where is the most obvious bit? I want to improve on it.

white plastic layer needs to end around the eyebrow line.

Will make some adjustments. I was using the actual mask so didn't have much room to move. The mask doesn't fit the face in real life. [he wears this for dancing!]

terminator version...

Done... Check out the terminator post. Thanks for the idea!!

Some background. I had this shot in mind (less the cracks) before we started shooting. We shot the mask seperately in the same light and combined exposures. The crack was another photo blended with some texture.

how easy it is to blow red highlights in digital photography

Thanks for the tip Gary. I never knew of this phenomenon!! Although the LCD didn't show blown highlights(nor does LR), I can't revcover detail from it!!! I will need to watch out for the future. As per usual, I overexpose and pull back in post to minimise noise from my ancient camera.

[biggerry]

Where is the most obvious bit? I want to improve on it.

well i thought the mask was a photochop man was i wrong...

Both scars need some blending in, also darkening them a bit (neck one) would also help and hide any incorrect detail

[gstark]

photochopping you've done is obvious

photochop is fairly obvious

Where is the most obvious bit? I want to improve on it.

For me, it's where the white plastic meets the skin. Around the lh side as wee look at the face, and within the gap for the eye.

It appears to me that it's a photochop, rather than a real image, but I can't offer any ideas on how to improve it.

how easy it is to blow red highlights in digital photography

Thanks for the tip Gary. I never knew of this phenomenon!! Although the LCD didn't show blown highlights(nor does LR), I can't revcover detail from it!!! I will need to watch out for the future. As per usual, I overexpose and pull back in post to minimise noise from my ancient camera.

With red lighting, overexposing is not a good idea, because you will lose detail very quickly, That's why I don't like it when I get red stage lighting when I'm shooting theatre or band gigs or music festivals. You need to chimp carefully and try to pull the lighting back if you have control, or else push up some other light source, such as your on camera flash, to compensate.

It's a difficult task.