Very little processing on this one. The conversion from RAW with a tint and exposure adjustment took care of most of the look you see here. The rest was a crop, and USM.
Now, for the explaining: Yes, this is a self portrait. No, I'm not an alcoholic. I do not loathe myself. In fact, I'm pretty darn happy with my life these days. This bottle of rum has been with me for almost a year now. I just happened to be looking for an entry in this challenge and had a few thoughts along the lines of self loathing. These thoughts came about after much reflection on the topic of hate. I try very hard not to hate anyone or anything, so this challenge represented exactly that to me. . . a challenge. I finally decided that if I ever get to the point where hate is a part of my daily life, that the only thing I could reasonably hate is myself. At that point, it's time for a drastic change in my life. This shot represents a place I hope to never go.
By the way, the scar is from an accident while I was ironing my uniform. :)
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definitely the best execution of the "self loathing" interpretation of the challenge. the tones as well as the content do a very good job of getting the message across. minor nit it that I think i can see one or two persons in reflection on the bottle, which takes away from the sense of isolation that is here otherwise. - 9
The colors and lighting are really intense! The angle you shot this is interesting because you can see the reflection of everything in front of the bottle in the bottle.
I like the overall tonality of this photo. Good take on the challenge as well. I think you could have bumped the exposure up a tad and still kept the tone you were looking for. Overall a great photo and should do well in the challenge.
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