A strange head

Thanks for looking. I hope you like it.

Hi Florian, thanks for your comment on my smoking portrait.

 

Our monitors might be different, but on mine, I got the idea I could bring out more detail in the shadow areas, so I downloaded the original and adjusted the curves in photoshop to lighten them, and now I can see that three heads were captured, not just one. Presenting the picture as you posted it, or as I've re-scrinted it is a matter of taste, and neither is "right," but it was the first thing I thought about when I saw your request for a critique.

Thanks for your remarks. Indeed my screen might be brighter than average, or at least than yours, because the three heads are fairly obvious here. Not bright, of course, It is dark on purpose, but they are not supposed to be hard to see. could you send me the image the way you edited it?

Florian, I thought I had uploaded it after my other post. My mistake! Here it is. If your monitor is brighter than mine, then my revision will look horrible and gray.