This is one of two shoots i did of little children (a first really for me) the past few days. a lot of fun...felt like i was shooting a sports event or something, these little ones will not sit still. hope you enjoy :D
Editing:
Raw Conversion
Curves-Layers Adjustment
Levels Adjustments
Color Balance on masked off portion of the eyes
Run through Noise Ninja
Resize to 640-long
Unsharpen Mask
Save for web
Hope this does well. We shall see ;)
Statistics
Place: 22 out of 96 Avg (all users): 5.9771 Avg (commenters): 6.8000 Avg (participants): 5.7455 Avg (non-participants): 6.0552 Views since voting: 1392 Views during voting: 439 Votes: 218 Comments: 18 Favorites: 1 (view)
Clever and creative. I'm sure you've heard that one a few times by now. :D It's quite a fun photo. Nice job of getting a solid portrait to begin with. I like your choice of composing him within the frame - works well with the angle, off-centering, and including what you have of his face and head. The black background was a smart choice for isolating the subject and eliminating any distractions. Finally, a wonderful job of post-processing the eyes for this unforgetable image. Best of luck to you in the challenge.
Freaky... love the work on the eyes, but I'm not sure the disembodied head was a good idea. Some spot editing around the nose and mouth would have given the skin a more flawless look too. Nevertheless, credit where credit is due, awesome work on the focus :)