Self portrait time again. Messing with convention by presenting a portrait in landscape format, so it's likely to score badly, but if I can get a few viewers to tilt their head so much the better.
Light is what is coming in through the patio doors with a white reflector on the floor (see the large catch-lights in the eyes)
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Convert to mono using channel filter
- red 0 green 50 blue 50
Curves adjustment to lighten the brighter areas
Colour balance adjustment to warm it up
- midtones Red/cyan +13, Yellow/Blue -13
Crop to reduce the amount of arm, emphasize the face and fill the frame better.
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