Hooded Woman 2

[Marko]

Another shot taken for this month's old master's lighting assignment.
Feel free to comment or critique any aspect.
Thx - Marko

[Matt K.]

Very interesting image, Marko. Only thing I have is that the hand, being that much closer to the lens, seems really big for a woman ... in relationship to the face. Maybe it's just my imagination ....

[Richard]

I find these shots very uncomfortable to look at Marko, which isn't a bad thing...

Thinking off the top of my head, the scene topic is almost in contradiction with the very clean lighting, here you have a women who is afraid and scared.... ...Do you think this shot would work with a more low-key approach... a darker background and more shadows? (maybe not with the old masters theme in mind...)

[Marko]

thanks for the comments Matt K and Richard!
Richard, i played w/dodging and burning for the first shot and actually had it much lower key. here's another version. Thx! marko

[JAS_Photo]

I like the darker one somehow, myself. Seems to go with the dark subject matter to my eye.

[asnow]

As JAS said .... perder the darker one as it it adds to the dark subject matter.

[Richard]

Yeah, that's good, it's quite subtle but imo makes a big difference.