Taken at 4:15am. The look of pain was real. I hate getting up early.
I set my camera up next to my bed the night before, and used a remote switch. Took about a dozen shots. Picked this one because the pouty lips make me laugh.
Lighting was from a single, annoying, incandescent desk lamp, pointed directly at my face.
Cropped, resized, desaturated, adjusted curves and levels, and applied sharpen and unsharp mask.
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Thanks for the comments everyone! For the record, the over-sharpening was a deliberate attempt to add an "irritation" vibe to the picture, and was inspired by bear_music's "Irritation -- No-Shoot Zone" photo.
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This does a nice job conveying the emotion implied by the title. Well composed and leveled. It might be a bit oversharpened, at least to my taste, but the sharpening is effective at capturing the texture of the face. If advanced editing were available, I might have cloned out a few hot pixels, but they don't distract very much at all. Nicely done!
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