Wonderful lighting reminiscent of an old oil painting. Well done

Stunning as usual

If you ever feel like sharing you post-production techniques Author...I'm just a PM away
Wonderful entry...love it. Set-up and lighting is spot-on, the balance and overall feel is wonderful...

why PM ?? Don't be so selfish. i think our author should share with us all !!

Meatman, if you slow down your avatar a bit, perhaps the author can catch up with you?

Meatman, if you slow down your avatar a bit, perhaps the author can catch up with you?

Meatman, if you slow down your avatar a bit, perhaps the author can catch up with you?

No big secrets on my post-production really.
I use PS cs5 & RAW files.
Judging from our photo shop & 3D members i am at 10% of photo shop over all knowledge.
I mostly edit a photo until it's pleasing to my eye.
I believe that if a photo is well framed,composed & lit then there's not much to do in photo shop.
I use sharpness,shadows/highlights,dodge & burn to give the final look to my photo.
In b&w photos i increase the blacks a lot (so i can have the maximum contrast possible).
I have a 2008 acer laptop with a broken screen (i can't afford to buy a new one due the crisis in my country)...but i can do my job one way or an other....
That's that!!!

Amazing lights and composing. Impressive shot. Good luck author.

Congratulations, it's a stunning photo.