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matheusjosemaria
 
matheusjosemaria April 02, 2014
I love this shot.
There is something that reminds a horror movie.
Amazing.
JeffreyA
 
JeffreyA April 03, 2014
cool shot,,well done
JeffreyA
 
JeffreyA April 03, 2014
kinda like a movie poster
mikemalak
 
mikemalak April 03, 2014
Nice shot
lito
 
lito May 07, 2014
Great imagination!
RolandRuttenPhotography
 
Amazing shot!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta May 07, 2014
Nice image. Congratulations.
Dmullanephotography
 
Dmullanephotography May 07, 2014
Great shot
philipbebbington
 
philipbebbington May 07, 2014
Cracking artistic portrait image,thinking outside the box.Congrats
hotpixel PRO+
 
hotpixel May 07, 2014
Love it !! Very creative !! Congratulations
WileKyK
 
WileKyK May 07, 2014
Creepy and cool all at the same time. Congratulations on your Feature!
catini
 
catini May 07, 2014
Very nice, congrats on your feature!
akhtarkhan
 
akhtarkhan May 07, 2014
Amazing, cool blue eye in the dark and the pink lips reflection....terrific idea and horrific capture. Congrats on the feature.
iceman2
 
iceman2 May 07, 2014
Wonderful image.Congrats!
tonygallant
 
tonygallant May 07, 2014
WoW... what an awesome set up.
Behind-the-Fire-Scene PRO+
 
Behind-the-Fire-Scene May 07, 2014
I really love this. Great work
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 May 07, 2014
Love it.. Congrats! :)
Beautiful-Breeze Platinum
 
Beautiful-Breeze May 07, 2014
Awesome!
debhall Platinum
 
debhall May 07, 2014
Very well done...creepy but beautiful! Congrats on your feature!
LionesLens
 
LionesLens May 07, 2014
Very nice! Congratulations on your feature award!
Wayne_Sr PRO+
 
Wayne_Sr May 07, 2014
Congratulations, Great Shot...:~)
sxsvexen
 
sxsvexen May 08, 2014
Great idea! I like it a lot!!!
aayushmathur
 
aayushmathur May 08, 2014
Lovely shot, congrats...
srimanta
 
srimanta May 09, 2014
excellent........congrats...... :) Sri
maurisamayerle
 
maurisamayerle May 09, 2014
Amazing.
carolinecummings
 
carolinecummings May 13, 2014
Oh my gosh, this is so creative.
thierryvouillamoz
 
thierryvouillamoz June 04, 2014
Exceptional.
stylishsunny
 
stylishsunny June 23, 2014
Wow, This is incredible~~excellent!
censrd
 
censrd July 16, 2014
wow..eerie
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel July 18, 2014
Extraordinary!
Shawboose
 
Shawboose July 22, 2014
Love the art.
ruaj
 
ruaj July 29, 2014
beautiful!!
MindeyeVisual
 
MindeyeVisual December 17, 2014
My favorite reflection image I've seen for awhile. No joke
Rahul6129
 
Rahul6129 December 18, 2014
superb click...good work
GD20photography
 
GD20photography January 05, 2015
Love this photo!!!!
cynfrosty
 
cynfrosty January 25, 2015
Incredible!
glossieme
 
glossieme February 10, 2015
Nice work:-)
gunners42 PRO+
 
gunners42 February 23, 2015
Nice work...well done, Congrats!
bugsysposy
 
bugsysposy March 17, 2015
Lovely !
tinabowden
 
tinabowden May 15, 2015
brilliant photo
jimhelmick
 
jimhelmick May 26, 2015
WOW, very creative. Super photo.
Marston
 
Marston July 22, 2015
Superb image, well done. Marston
FazooLoo PRO+
 
FazooLoo July 25, 2015
Beautiful idea, how to presented, great shoot as well, may I ask is the phototure as been turn, up way down, on a dark glass table!
Lostforphotography
 
Lostforphotography November 11, 2016
Gorgeous shot. This is outstanding. The makeup is brilliant. I was wondering if you would like to enter this into my photo challenge called Your Haunting Portraits and this truly fits the rules of my challenge.
owlqueen
 
owlqueen September 12, 2019
Phenomenal photography and concept!
Forrest_Imagery
 
Forrest_Imagery November 07, 2019
Hauntingly captivating.
Outstanding work !
brennanfinighan
 
brennanfinighan April 17, 2020
Awesome photo 👌😍
phiviet
 
phiviet May 07, 2020
Amazing shot!
cartermoore_7069
 
cartermoore_7069 January 08, 2021
this is dope
Trishdixon_1952
 
Trishdixon_1952 April 04, 2022
Love ❤ this
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Behind The Lens

Location

This picture of myself was taken in my mom house on a glass table.

Time

Its was during the day,I would say around 2pm right after I decided to join a photo challenge.

Lighting

I wanted it to clear but at the same time not to much just to be more dramatic. It was all the natural light coming from the big window in my mom's livingroom and at the same time it was reflecting on the glass table and I though to myself: Hum.. Might as well start with my first challenge right now.

Equipment

This was shot with my Fujifilm FinePix S4200 and nothing else.

Inspiration

A photo challenge. I needed to take a specific shot every day for a month and my first challenge was a creative self portrait.

Editing

I started with rotating the shot and then I used lightroom. I tried a new preset I just downloaded at that time and then ajust the brightness, the constrast and the sharpness mostly. I tried to make the upper part of my face more in the darkness and in black and white and the rest of my face really pale with bold lips and eyes.

In my camera bag

First of all I have a backpack Lowepro, pretty good quality and size. I always have my Nikon D3200, my 18-55mm and my 55-200mm lenses. Also my FujiFilm FiniPix S4200. A led light, lots of batteries and a big 64gb memory card.

Feedback

I did not capture the perfect shot right away. Just put my camera on the 10sec time, put my chin on the glass table and believe me or not but after at least 15min of trying to get the one shot I was looking for I was sweating like hell. So don't give up after 10 wierd croocked shots and make sure to not be right next to the window and to not face it but just a bit on the side so that the dramatic effect is really there.

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