Lots of trial and error! Timer, tripod and sitting on a stool!
Thank you!

Beautiful. Would be great for Shallow DOF also :)

Great detail... and a really interesting idea to frame it so you can't see the pupil at all.

Thank you!
Was a tough one to get right!

Great idea. I would have cropped JUST a little, tiny bit more from the left, so as to get rid of that last little bit of pupil.
Very creative thinking, photographing the eye, but leaving out the one thing that everybody would consider essential.

Well done portraite. You also may try to add smoke in PhotoShop ;)

Wonderful shot - i love this.

Best,
Jon

thanks for the feature. much appreciated :)

glad you like it jon :)

nice eyes

Okay so let me explain this photograph :

For a long time, I have planned a serie on video games, then I discovered the work of Philip Toledano with his Video gamers serie (www.mrtoledano.com/frame_videogamers.php)... and then I scream :)

Eventually, I decide to do it anyway... In art, everything is a copy of a copy of a copy...
For this selfportrait, I tried to show how a video game you play affects you. In that particular example, how the game WipeoutHD literally hypnotizes you, almost absorbs you in the screen.

Yep, he pretty much scooped you here. His are nice and very stark. I like the reflections in this guy's glasses and the bit of context we get from the back wall.

Love the expression and the composition. It is nice also Richard that you give a bit of commentary to "place" your art. Well done.

I like this, a funny shot, perhaps a little burnt out on the eye area which could be rectified by PS but I do like the expression, it conveys your message well!

This is a really interesting approach. It would seem that you could play with lots of different applications in your image making to blend frames etc. As for this shot, I agree with above, well executed and definitely creepy!

Thank you all for your comments!

@ Boyd: I already played with different kinds of applications, but not with the same kind of impact as this one does. If I get one who does has the same impact, I'll share it with you.

You tricky girl. An Xray!! I didn't guess till I read all the above. Funny, I had looked at the 3 or 4 times but didn't know what to think...

@ Beamer: LOL :D

Wow, looks real funny! Nice job your have done!

Interesting!

Thank you!

I really like this shot. Shows great expression and I also like the composition. In looking at it I seem to see a little red eye in here left eye. It might be me but there is just a little. IMHO it does not ruin the shot though. Let me know you think?

I see what you mean. But it doesn't bothering me... in fact, maybe it what her eyes makes special?

You are right about that, she is a special lady. Great shot indeed.

Very interesting take.
Great fit for the theme!
I like the dramatic lighting as it really does accentuate the face!

I would like to take that nose and twist it! Very unusual take - love the eyes and the dramatic lighting.

Best,
Jon

Perfect for the topic :) Great detail in the eyes.

All of you >>> thanks for your comments...
really appreciated !

Great idea!! Could be so good, but a couple of things pull it back. The highlights are really blown out and the framing/cropping is not the best. This would be great as a square compo. The eyes really need to be sharper.

For a moment I thought: where did this guy put his camera (my haircolour changed instandly from light brown to blond :P )?!
The idea is very creative, something diffrent then the ordinary self portrait in a mirror, wich most people do. Very good photo. The high exposure is suiteble for this image and your weard face.

narnold >>> That's why I put this explanation... the photo works with it...

sfkp >>> :)
Thanks for the comment...

Haha..very expressive. I like it a lot!

Nice work and well thought out - a success, in my mind.

Best to you,
Jon

Very creative; great self portrait.

Great shot, Nieckq !! I really feel the power coming to my face. "Lord of the rings" is approaching !!

Tom, this is quite the face. The light is a bit harsh for my taste (hard to control when you're riding a yak across Tibet or wherever this was), but ohmigod what a face...what a life you've caught here. Quite remarkable.

As an aside, this theme (In Your Face) has the tagline "Self Portraits with Edge" which I, too, missed the first time I uploaded a shot. Unless I'm totally missing something, "Tom Carter" ain't the name of the woman in the image ;-)

greath face ! but also for me the sun light is to agressive and the level of the photo is above the eyes, i guess the old lady is not tall.

Thank you all for the comments. I am sorry I didn't know these were self-portraits only; should I remove the image?
About the photo itself, the sunlight in Tibet is a real doozy; it's so harsh that many images come out pure black. Other times they are all washed out like this one; I tried my best.

amazing... just amazing.

Very nice work in a difficult light - you succeed in bringing us an amazing face!

Thanks,
Jon