gooseberry

Wow, I'm impressed how well you've composed without a tripod!

On a different subject, how come you've submitted this photo to the November Monthly Project: The Kiss -- interesting as it is, it has nothing to do with the theme, lol.

...which is something I'm usually not very fond of, but in this case it seems to work.

...and clarity too.

The only 'how to improve' feedback I could offer would be to clone out the single vertical hair that crosses his forehead; apart from this minor thing, fantastic!

...I would have assumed that the nipple cover was part of your concept, and a good one at that: a wee twist on the nude genre giving it a fresh look.  Apparently, it's not uncommon for great inventions to be a result of an accident or a mistake ...or a model being a "prude"  ;)

Most of them have a delicate HDR quality to them, giving them just a hint of painterly look but otherwise almost natural appearance, a refreshing change from in-your-face aggressive processing (which has its place as well, just happened to be widely abused), so if you don't mind sharing...

Is this how it really looks, or is the effect exaggerated (if not created) by a combination of the vantage point and lens's perspective distortion or in post processing?

...looks like you were just a tad to the right off the center line (neither obvious nor distracting though, so nothing to worry about :)

How did you deal with lighting? -- it looks very even throughout, including the high vault.

Somehow it reminded me of the first picture in Miss Aniela's Asylum-seeking series (that's a good thing :)

...don't know why but somehow I prefer this tight crop -- feels more "to the point" or "focused" I guess, for lack of a better term -- which is not to say that I don't like the uncropped version (as a matter of fact, I was debating which one to post for quite some time and, failing to make up my mind, I eventually decided to post both ;)

I'd be interested to know how you compare the two (?)

Somehow reminds me of wonderfully weird Dalí's designs  :)

...as far as I could see through the viewfinder -- and the wall was *really* dark -- I thought I did (so yeah, that was the plan ;)

Fish eye lens put to a great use.
Congrats!

¡Muchas gracias, Señor!

...having them there is the sole limitation of a trial version of

PhotoAcute (which looks like an interesting piece of software, btw)

...not your digital creation?
(pardon my ignorance; perhaps it's a famous piece of art :)

Multiple shots with a hand-held flash pointed in different directions

-- with the main burst aimed at the organs to give them prominence

whilst maintaining the overall darkness of the interior -- combined in

a stack (stack mode set to 'max' to leave the brightest pixels only;

and to 'min' for stained glass windows). Roughly a dozen exposures of

1/4s @ f/8, ISO 100.

...and good B&W too.

...szkoda tylko, że trochę nieostre / poruszone
(światla z przodu na szyi bym sie pozbył)

...that's what it reminds me, the works of late masters.
Nicely done.

Your command of this technique is amazing

(half of the time I'm thinking you're pulling our legs ;)

...niby rownomierne a jednak pelne swiatlocieni, tak delikatnie plastyczne.