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Incredible portrait Nick. I love the lighting, soft detail, and the work you've done on the eyes. The crop is perfect for the presentation. Well done.

Best regards,

Stan.

Thanks Stan, I'm glad you like it!

This was done in complete darkness with just a small led light luminating the central part of my face. Later I converted it to B/W and used a soft filter. Acctually led lights produce some very interesting tones definitely worth exploring...

Love that strong mission by the unsual structure. BR JV

Thanks Jorg! I'm glad you like it...

It's a striking portrait, and I really light the very tight crop and the distribution of light on just the high features of the face.  As a second version, I'd like to see the eyes appear not so unworldly, but more in line with the light on the other features.  This would probably change your original intention considerably, but I think there's another great but more traditional portrait behind those intensely bright eyes.

Thank you very much for you comment Stephen!

If you look at the original shot it is a catastrophe which I am definitely not proud of... but... for better or for worse, I have a habit of sometimes refusing to quit even on the worst of shots curious if I can extract something of value.

In this case it was worth the effort...

I first used a radical crop to isolate the interesting (and usable) features, then I used the Shadow/Highlight filter to bring out the face, Dodged the eyes which were way to dark, softened the whole work and finaly convereted it to BW.

Due to the very tight crop i dicided to place the picture on a thick frame and off-center to give it some spacial dynamic.

Thats the whole story... :)

Thanks once again!

Yeah, I'd definitely agree, what you produced has a lot more interest than what was originally shot.  I admire your perseverance!