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by cryingdragon

Comment by Jutilda:
ROFL. You goofball. Keep it up. Heh, in this instance, white balance doesn't matter. ;~p

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by cryingdragon

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:

Originally posted by Art Roflmao: Hey! I used to work in a Chinese condom factory! ;-P ?

Ouch! My condolences. :P

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by cryingdragon

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Hey! I used to work in a Chinese condom factory! ;-P
Great one, Mike! ...or should I call you Roosterhead?

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by cryingdragon

Comment by GueDesigns:
best one yet! :)

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by cryingdragon

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
swiped it?...Did you mask in the bg behind you? If so the masking is great. I'd fix the white balance in the background to fit that of you in teh front. it's a bit too yellow. but otherwise great shot. sharp, funny,great comp.

Message edited by author 2007-01-18 20:28:22.

Neuf
by cryingdragon

Comment by Louis:
Well done overall. Light is interesting. I agree with Nixter about a different crop or composition, perhaps composed with you more to the right of the frame. Personally I also feel there's a bit of a cramped feeling at the bottom - would have liked to see more shoulders and neck. And definitely play with those curves in PS if you are able, and think about strong contrasts and b/w to take full advantage of dramatic light like this. But I don't know what you wanted, so in terms of light and so on alone, this is good.

Neuf
by cryingdragon

Comment by Jutilda:
I like how you did the 3/4 profile with half of your face in shadow.

Neuf
by cryingdragon

Comment by fireserpent:
I think a slight crop, levels & curves adjustment would really make this one stand out. You have great eyes... I like the refraction of the light in your right eye. But, I think putting more emphasis on the light side of your face would work.

Hahaha... just as I was about to submit this, I noticed the crop that nixter has done... yep... that's kinda what I was looking for actually. But, I think a full black & white with channel mixer would be more apropriate... or leave it in color.

Neuf
by cryingdragon

Comment by nixter:
Mike I started to leave a comment but thought I could explain better by showing you instead. I hope you don't mind. :)

Sometimes with self portraits, I've discovered, it can be a little hard to get the composition right, so some cropping can help.
While it was in PS I thought why not take advatage of those great shadows and made them even darker! : )

Huit
by cryingdragon

Comment by Refwhett:
Nice effect. Powerful image