This is an homage to Sally Mann, whose work I have liked for a very long time. Riley did bite my sprog, hard. When I got home I thought of Mann's image Jessie Bites, and shot this. It's about 2 hours after the fact, so the pathetic look is actually cheesy acting, but there were copious tears when it happened. The bruise wasn't this bad - there were a couple of multiply layers involved. But it was one of the worst bites I've ever seen.
He does - hard.
O dear, what didn't i do?
two layers of hue sat, different values, using layer masks, mutliply layers, screen layers, high pass. ithink that's it. i could be wrong. lots and lots.
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This is a wonderful shot! What kind of dog is Riley? Or is Riley a person -- it kind of looks like a human bite.
Technical: I thought this was a bit low on contrast/muddy. Maybe what you were going for, but to me that took away from the image. Just thinking the right slider of the levels tool should have been a bit more to the left.
congrats on the 6+. I came so close to commenting on this, but ultimately forgot. I gave it a 7. I love how it is ultimately not a portrait, but a picture of a bruise. ok, I'm exaggerating. But the bruise is so important to the shot. Very interesting.
8 - This didn't look like 'prompted acting' to me. Tones work very well. Only thing that detracted in this for me was the upper left darker area (the thicker steel or such, the thinner angled 'whatever' adds, in my opinion). Maybe a slightly tighter crop, especially with those nice eyes, who knows. 'Once bitten twice shy'. edit:to add comments - edit2:typo & to say thank you, glad you liked my 'comments'
What a moving image! The bruise, and especially his expression, tell a story. I hope he is feeling better! My favorite image in the challenge, a 10 from me.
The eyes look great, they really draw your attention. In fact if the rollover hadn't lost my original comment I wouldn't of noticed the bite. Great b&w conversion as well. Well done!
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