I took this picture of my son at the McNay Art Institute.
Photo Shop Elements 4:
Selectively adjusted layer levels
Converted to grey scale
Duplicat layer
Filter-Blur-Gausian Blur
Erased the part that I wanted sharp
cloned a spot around head and on shirt
Added Borders
Saved for web
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You need to spend a little more time on your photoshop skills. your bluring is very apparent and not done well. Please don't take this the wrong way, but it takes a lot of hours to learn how to use photoshop well.
I really love this. Something about it looks kind of retro and very cool. The blackand white works so well. It adds drama and punch to it. Good luck! I LOVE IT!