Cropped, Clone Tool, Smudge Tool, Shadow/Highlight Filter, Contrast/Brightness, USM, Resized, Saved for Web
This past Tuesday a new guy came to the monthly Men's Meeting at our church. This is the "face" of his "Lovely Lady," a classic Chevie truck, restored (as you can tell) to elegant condition.
I trust that I have done justice to the quality of this Beauty!!!! She is a "10" in her own right! :)
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bronze tones are greatly under-utilized in photography, so it's good to see them being used so well here. the bluish ground throws off the balance a bit.
I had to say that I like this version MUCH better than the one you had originally showed me (with the split coloration). My only negative comment on this one is that it's obvious you had done editing in the upper right and upper left part of the shot. You might learn to make better use of the clone tool rather than trying to "smudge" things, if that might be the here. The editing will be less obvious that way :) Overall a cool shot... I like the contrasting colors of the car and the ground.