rotate, change to duotone, adjust levels, small amount of cloning on upper area, burning
After the contest:
yep..it's me...wanted to do something different..and not rely on using my femaleness to try to win a challenge.. in the top 10 works for me!
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Nice idea and I really like the composition too. What I don't like is the utter whiteness of that wall... I don't know whether you've blown it out in the exposure (deliberately or otherwise) or have cleaned up what little texture was remaining during post-processing. Certainly I'm not doubting that it's legal - I'm sure it is. But I don't like it. I'd much rather see a little texture on that wall too. The lack of it takes away from the gritty nature of the shot overall.
I like this composition a lot - not sure the rules would allow it but I would have blurred out and darkened the textures from the garage door or whatever that is in the torso area. For some reason that distracts my eye and the fact that I associate it with a garage door takes away from the mystery of the rest of the shot. Other than that this would make a great poster! Nice work!
this is really interesting - held my attention for awhile - at first it gives me the impression of someone standing up above me looking down on me and then I notice the detail it your shadow on the white where it looks like part of a garage or something - cool illusion - nice job :)