Is this a composition? I mean my face!

[rsilverio]

Hello there. I saw some tips from How I took it and experimented on it yesterday and this is how it became. I used some blur on the photoshop to establish a silhouette. I made it into red/black color and B&W. Don't know really, can you call this a composition?

Canon EOS 550D
Speed-1/60
Aperture-F9.0
ISO-800
Lens-EFS 18-55mm
No flash fired

[BigFuzzy]

Hi,
I'm not sure there's any way this could be called a composition. Is there a reason you think it could be a composition?

Otherwise, I'm not sure what to say, this image just doesn't do a lot for me. I guess it's because I've seen a lot of these types of "low key" images around DPS lately.

[LeeR]

I like Alan Briot's definition for composition: taking responsibility for everything in the image, something you have clearly done with this image. However, I would remind you that people are generally attracted to several things in an image, including contrast, which you have loads of, and sharpness, which you have intentionally blurred. The bigger question is; Does it work as a good composition? or, Does it effectively communicate the idea I had in mind? I think it misses on both marks, but not by a wide margin. What if you did the blurring a bit more selectively, leaving, for instance, just your eyes sharp? Would that be closer to what you wanted? Perhaps not, you may have to try numerous things before you hit on just the right combination.