Dante Alighieri

picture taken at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence... info about this "death mask" (which is probably not an actual death mask) is in the link below:
https://www.florenceinferno.com/dante-death-mask/

i am posting this as a response to my hyper-realism push challenge set by @kali66 - hopefully i've done this right... i've really been struggling with it!

[Humphrey Hippo]

The texture is amazing.
To my shame, I hadn't heard of this until I read Inferno - and that's pretty much all I can remember about that book.

[☠northy]

@kali66 - what do you think? have i got the right idea for this technique?

[Richard Sayer]

Creepily perfect!

[Helen Jane]

full of detail and texture

[Allison Williams]

Great chiaroscuro.

[4rky]

Creepily lifelike (or should that be deathlike?) on a black background

[kali]

larger than life for sure, sorry you had such a hard time with it, but this works!

[kali]

looks great on black, full of textural detail

[☠northy]

@kali66 no worries - a great exercise for me!

[Marnie]

Magic!!

[vonski]

Super shot