this is the boyfriend of my luvly model linda.
he wanted me to take some photos for his applications. but because my white studiobackground was all messed up i had to cut him out and put in a different background, so i ended up putting him infront of a viking statue in Reykavik/Iceland, an HDR photo i took last year. i also liqufied and surface-blurred his face a little :)
but other than that just curves adjustments and a gradient map in soft light mode.
Excellent job on the background replacement. I'm not sure about the face job, it looks like he is wearing heavy makeup, almost like an undertaker would use! He's a nice looking man, I think a subtler job on the skin could cover the minor blemishes but still look "real" and possibly serve him better, depending on how he intends to use the final photo.
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