Contrast, slight desat, neatimage, high pass, cloned out minor distractions, dodge, burn
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Thanks everyone for all the great comments. Yes I know, I know, the foot. I was actually not planning on a full body shot but when I loaded it on the computer I like it better fuller than closing in on the mask so I left it. I usualy hate chopping limbs off to.
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Tried this out to see the mask with a social dynamic... masked communication.
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Place: 8 out of 193 Avg (all users): 6.9507 Avg (commenters): 8.1923 Avg (participants): 6.8595 Avg (non-participants): 7.0184 Views since voting: 4812 Views during voting: 542 Votes: 284 Comments: 36 Favorites: 6 (view)
Did you happen to get the title from the movie "the Mask", where JIm Carrey is quoting the shrink from TV in front of his mirror? Random question I know.
Well, I'm glad this finished so strong, with such a great score -- but I was sure this would ribbon -- and still think it should have! What excellent photography here!
I've come back to this a zillion times. The lighting is really good. Something about the crop and the foot. I'm being picky, so no cuts for that. I feel like I'm missing something and I don't know what. Technically, good. 7
Ok. . .I'm almost done voting, and this is one of only 2 that I've seen so far that scream "RIBBON" the minute it popped up on my screen! This is exquisite! Beautiful lighting. Beautiful focus. Flawless in every way! 10
Awesome...awesome...awesome...Definately a winner in my book, and I love this one.....Definately a "10" from me..... My first "10", and it may be my only "10".....
Excellent Work! I believe one of the most difficult challenges of shooting for a self portrait contest, would be to get the audience to relate to a total stranger in a positive way. I think you have accomplished that quite well here. Nice skin tones, great job of dropping clutter from the shot with the black background. My only suggestion to improve the composition would be to keep the focus sharp all the way down to the feet, or remove them from the shot all together. All-in-all, it's really a great shot.
It scores a 9 from me.
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