I did this minimalistic portrait of a friend, a while ago. It was weird of her, to have my lens so close in front of her eye. I'm very thankful to her, that she made that picture possible. I really love the outcome and I'd like to do more of them. But finding models is not that easy.
She has a beautiful eye - I don't see any edits if you made them. I could see myself tinkering with this until I ruined it. Nice work keeping it real. I go back and forth about liking and not liking the reflection. I hope some more people chime in. I'd be very interested in their thoughts.
Actually - I'd be even more interested in YOUR thoughts! It is very impressive that you have a scene in there and not you and your camera. Was this intentional? How do you think it works?
Thank you Ruth. So yes, I had to do a lot of editing here. I shot this with my 90mm Macro lens on my Sony a6300 APS-C Camera. There was crazy stuff going on, on the skin. That does not mean, she has bad skin. It's just the resolution is that crazy. I decided to edit with frequency separation. That means you split the picture into a texture and a color part. Then you can edit that separately. I did actually not very good job at the right lower corner. It was the first time I edited a picture like that.
I like the reflection, but I don't like the bright spot in the iris (left side). It was a spontaneous idea and we took it outside, because I not had any lighting with me. Im there as well, but I placed myself and the camera in the center of the pupil. The dark and shapeless shadow, down from the pupil is my bulky body... ;)
What I would change for new shot like that? Lower ISO, using my ring flash, so I can get a beauty dish like light reflection.