The Face IV

Thank you for your comments.

Excellent! Perfect composition and mood, Thomas.

Nice portrait and very interesting post processing.

dramatic! powerful portrait. regards!

Excelletn portrait and light on the eyes!

 

Biliana

Thomas, most interested in what you did here. Can you give some information on what you did in PS. I can see dark around edges, light around eyes, sharpening around centre. Cheers, Marko.

I would like to thank everyone for your very kind comments.

For Marko. You got it right, I just added extra layer (greenish one, with the texture) and merge original image with the extra layer.

POWERFULL!!!

This is great, again it's all about the eyes and the post processing and direct gaze leave you in no doubt about that. I do find the grey hair merges with a background a tad, giving a miniscule halo effect. It's the almost, but not quite, symmetry in the face, lighting and shadows that keeps my eye roaming around the photo - deserving of a return stare.