It's been a long time since I submitted, so I may as well net myself my annual sub-5 score and be done with it. I've been meaning to take a new self portrait anyway. Natural, all-window light, taken in my beautiful, sunny bedroom. I can't wait to catch flack about the overexposure near my nose that I so lovingly nurtured, and the bits of noise here and there.
Editing: Yikes, good thing this was advanced. Slight cropping, curves, levels, dodging & burning, channel mixer, blurring, sharpening, adjustment layers, removed some minor but irritating glasses reflections/distortions.
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Yeah, during the challenge, I went looking for the one I saw like this before, and was disappointed that it wasn't around.
Glad to see you are back Julia!
Great image - lovely and sharp around the eyes and glasses. Great pose, great splash of red in amongst an image that's otherwise almost black and white.
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