white paper laid out with earthquake putty. lighting was with 2 sb-800s. but one went into standby.
opened with neat image slight sharpen / reduce noise
into PS
curves
convert to B&W
brightness contrast
remove censor dust - i have to clean it and am not looking forward to it.
stroke for border
reduce image size
save for web
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What strong abstraction! Beautiful lighting, great contrast. I cannot suggest a single thing to improve, yet I feel this image lacks the aesthetic sense I would expect from a winning entry.