self portrait manip

[siodre]

self portrait of sorts. the background is a shot of the national cathedral in washington, dc. the self portrait portion was done a few weeks later.

ok... trying this again, apparently i can't post links to photos yet?

 

[Hoogle]

no but you can upload pictures directly as you have done thats good enough cool pic all though unless your opinion of yourself is lost in the background maybe a bit of levels adjustment or contrast will give the pic a bit more punch if it was just the pic without the manipulated hand in it is an awesome pic but as the main feature of the picture is showing off your photo manipulation it seems a shame to have it lost in the background as it is really good work. All though only subtle adjustments not in your face if you get what I mean but over all i really like the pic

 

[siodre]

lol, thanks. i actually did the background pretty much as you see it a few weeks before i got the idea to add my risque self portrait to it. the self portrait (all hand shots) was done late one boring night at work. we have horrible lights at work so i pretty much picked the background on the sole reason that i could easily match the color instead of color correcting the 5 different reflected colors on my hand.

maybe some dodging and burning on the .psd file will make me stand out more against the background.

 

[Paul]

I had a go.

 

[siodre]

tones are good, but lose the color changes. way too orangey.

 

[Paul]

Thank you.

 

[Hoogle]

ooh can I have a go

 

[Hoogle]

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Sorry But I am a big fan of selective colour I know it is not what you want so I did a 2nd 1 with a bit of colour still in

 

[Hoogle]

LOL BELIAL just noticed your avatars tattoo across the chest

 

[Paul]

Lol cool ain't it ha ha.

 

[siodre]

last one is closest. i'll work on the original psd and do some dodging and burning on the self portrait layer.