From RAW, very light tone mapping, otherwise straight from camera: no cropping, no color adjustment, nada. The tone mapping is equivalent to a slight shadow/highlight adjustment, not that noticeable at all except it brings up the blues of the shirt.
Prolly gonna get hammered on this take on "Headwear", but c'est la vie :-) I enjoy the heck out of this silly picture.
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OK, I doublechecked, both your portfolio (self-portrait) and melethia's photo of you, and you're right. The most obvious is the different glasses. Sorry about confusing you with this guy. I still think it's a neat idea :) And at least to the casual viewer you two look a bit alike.
Sorry also about all the bad vibes with HDR. The whole thing really got on my nerves, something fierce.