First took a self-portrait.
Downloaded trailer for new Matrix movie.
Taped self-portrait to laptop, and played trailer.
Took new photo.
Cropped and rotated.
Levels.
Color Balance.
Altered Saturation.
Unsharp Mask.
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Now, THAT'S creative. Good job. I have to be totally honest and say that this deosn't really say "Matrix" to me because you can basically put anything on the screen and title the picture accordingly. However, the creativity and composition can't be ignored and this will get very high marks from me.
I can understand your feel !! This is exactly the same feeling when I just knew the challenge title was MATRIX. This pic was stand-out from those early submissions that I had went through, mostly trying presenting some fantasy,freak feel. BUT this pic... ^ ^ very black homour !! 9 Anyway, congratulation for your pic being validated but not disqualified. Oh, Thanks Buddha
Great shot! Clever way of hitting the challenge without resorting to pastiche. I'm curious as to how this was done - is the laptop resting on a printed sheet of paper?