Self Portrait...on the dark side!!!

[mr_whizard]

Hi DP folks!!!

Yesterday i was just experimenting with lighting and luckily i found a bandage lying around.
Reminds me of the awsum game The Sanitarium and also of certain masked hero, who changes his face and appearance with help of cool masks. I forgot his name, so please if anyone knows who im talking about lemme know!!
More pics from my lighting adventures coming up

And yaaaa...Comments and Critiques always welcome.
Cheers,
Zoheb

[fstopMike]

Interesting lighting. It really shows off the texture of the bandages.

[picnik]

Woah... awesome self portrait. I like the lighting and that you used the bandage... very creative. Looking forward to more.

[MissDonnaLee]

Very nice...it makes you look like a cyclopse...lol. The light is cool...how did you do it?

[mr_whizard]

Thanks guys for the appreciation!!!!

I just stood near the window (the bright left side in the photo, it was around 4-5pm) and asked my bro to use a flashlight from distance on the right side to bring a lil more detail on the bandage. I made sure my bro was far enough with the flashlight so that i dont get a bright circular spot of the flashlight on my face.
Also, the off-whitish wall behind me provided some awesome diffused light.

Later, i did some postprocessing in photoshop, mostly increasing the contrast, sharpness and the duo tone effect.

Here's the exif info jes in case someone wants to knw the settings.
Model - NIKON D3000
ExposureTime - 1/20 seconds
FNumber - 5.00
FocalLength - 36.00 mm
Saturation - High
ISO Setting - 720
Image Quality - FINE
White Balance Adjustment - -393216
White Balance RB - 706

Here are a few more shots
Cheers!!

[sparda79]

Creative portrait with a nice PP, Zoheb. This masked hero you're talking about, is it 'Darkman'?

Sparda
http://digital-photography-school.co...34-yell-o.html

[tycooder]

Very nice use of the available light Thanks for the explanation of how it was done

[mr_whizard]

Yes!! I was talkn abt Darkman!! Thanks 4 d appreciatn.