Self portraits

[Realist]

I've been taking pictures of myself, and then photoshopping the good ones. I know some aspects of the pictures are bad, but here they are.

http://img36.picoodle.com/img/img36/5/12/27/f_mem_12f44b6.jpg

http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/5/12/27/f_toughguym_92c543e.jpg

http://img36.picoodle.com/img/img36/5/12/27/f_mportraitm_b399e62.jpg

[Marko]

I quite like the first shot for some reason. It's really hard to evaluate these types of shots though.

The second shot is also intriguing though the forearm is way to bright.

The third shot is a miss for me. The blue eyes are too distracting and don't look tack sharp (which is hard to achieve in a self portrait without help)

Always great to see experimentation!

Marko

[Realist]

I quite like the first shot for some reason. It's really hard to evaluate these types of shots though.

The second shot is also intriguing though the forearm is way to bright.

The third shot is a miss for me. The blue eyes are too distracting and don't look tack sharp (which is hard to achieve in a self portrait without help)

Always great to see experimentation!

Marko

Thanks for the comments marko. The first two shots are very high contrast shots, so that would be why the forearm is so washed out. The first shot was actually a mis shot when I was trying to get the exposure right. It was very underexposed, btw i was using a digital camera. I turned the contrast and brightness up a lot.

[dreamy5]

I see Marko's point on the third shot, but I quite liked the startling blue eyes in the otherwise b&w photo. It was arresting and creative.