I wanted to capture both the detail and the silhouette of the model's glorious beard.
The solution was very hard lighting that splits the image in two.
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikkor 60 mm Micro
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/125 s
Very cool!
Very interesting idea, I like photos with the split hard lighting like what you've done here. The only two things I can think of that would really make this outstanding would be to honor the split by lighting the back of the hat, and maybe a lighter shirt so the split appeared to be more even down him? Really little things though, well done!
Wow! I like how you played off the black and white for the theme of this portrait!
Love this one in it's graphic nature and great job with the illusion!
My favourite of out of the critique.