This would work great in the "blue" topic also.

Wow... what a wonderful portrait !

Thank you! :)

Nice intense stare.

Thank you Scott! Glad you like it.

Rrrrr... what a look !...
Excellent focus ;-)

Thanks so much ;-)

Nicely done

I like the little person hiding in there.

Thank you ;-)

Pirates of the Caribean? :)

Amazing photo. I like all in it! Where you take it?

Thanks misu!

it is taken in austria. This mountain is called the "Schattberg".

check http://austria.refocus.de
for more infos.

All the best
Andy!

both the lighting and the processing here are outstanding. I would be interested in hearing more details.

I agree. Would love to know how you did this...

Thanks for the comments and questions!

1. the shooting was done with 2 permanent lights + 2 strobes
2. adding the background / texture according to the brown tones in the image
3. dodging / burning
4. selective toning
5. selective sharpening / blurring
6. some high pass filter

The processing is just an individual process on each image so it is very hard to do the same for all or upcoming images..
thats why i can't give a brief description for the processing. ;-)

maybe you got an idea of the points i have given.

cheers Andy!

Wonderful image - textures and lighting are really amazing - Is it a military place or in a tale.. - i wonder where is this ??

Excellent processing... I really love your style.

Me encanta esta fotografía, su procesado, sus colores. Todas son estupendas pero esta tiene algo especial.

Thanks for your comments!

It is in my hometown Erfurt / Germany @ the "Petersberg" the famous fortress above the DOM. You see the caserne of the gate keepers.

Excellent daaaark atmosphere - great processing and compo..!!