This is not my image but one put up on Face book, the Vintage lens group, it shows what can be done with old film lenses and contrast between light and dark parts of the image, The lady's name is Christine Ketelsen
which face book group is that craig, i'm on "vintage lenses on modern cameras" do you know which lens was used?
The group is called "Vintage Lenses"The lens used was a Biotar f2 / 58 mm. I will have to have a look at the group, sounds interesting.