Had a lot of fun with this shoot. I've had this idea in my head for a while. Unfortunately, I had planned to do it with a model other than myself.
But, I was alone, and I decided I could teach myself to do a handstand.
PP minimal except for a good bit of cloning to remove imperfections--I had forgotten to empty my pockets in this shot, so there were some strange bumps I did my best to smooth out.
Curves, Shadows/Highlights, crop, save for web.
Man, I wish I could do a one-armed handstand.
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Funny you should say that, spatula--the handstand itself wasn't hard--I actually took a few shots in which I had a more deadpan expression--but I figured that dangling from the earth would be, and grimaced for what I felt to be comic effect.
What is hurting you the most in this photo is the expression on your face, IMO. I know (personally) how hard it is to do handstands and especially one handed handstands by one's self, but your strained expression surely detracts from the thought. Perhaps a bit of light on your left side would have helped too. Good job going solo on this though, I've tried capturing photos of me dirt jumping and know how much of a headache it can be.
Thanks for the comment on mine. The only thing I would have done different on yours is use color balance to the cool side (or use suggested settings) and then desaturated the reds a little so it didnt look like the blood was rushing to your head. hahah. But I think its very good and I havent seen it before you sent it in your comment to me.
Where did you take it so I can go and search for some of the change? :=)
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