BOOO!

[FUJI]

Messing around, in more ways than one here.

 

I was just seeing what my cheap LED Ringlight would do, but didn't have a model to hand, so it had to be Yours Truly.

 

I have never really concentrated on a serious Self Portrait before..........it isn't as easy as you think, becaue the temptation is, to look into camera, or to look wild as you try to focus on something.

 

Here, I practised for a while until I got what I wanted, then used recently learned processing techniches to add mono drama.

 

One for the archives and for my new Avatar.

 

Best viewed LARGE (If you dare ;-).............Click on Pic:

 

 

FUJI

[THELONGMAN]

Very Dickensian, terrific portrait Fuji,

 

Geoff

[Graham]

I actually quite like that!  Very arty.

[ChrisLumix]

I like everything about this, except the blurring of the hair.

[FUJI]

Thanks folks.....

Hi, Chris......ref hair blurring......I'm not yet clever enough to take down an unwanted background ....here the hair isn't so much as blurred but within a halo of the original lighter BG.....unfortunately this gives it the blurred look.

Brush a darker tone, or clone too close to hair or fur and you lose it, so I left the halo.....

How would you darken the BG without blurring the strands of grey locks..........anybody?

If there is a simple way that I can grasp then I will re- do the RAW file.

Cheers!

FUJI

[ChrisLumix]

If it wasn't deliberate blurring, then best left perhaps? It's an interesting effect.

[kev7d]

Yikes!!!!  

 

Nice one.

[Korky]

Yikes, indeed - looks a bit Alfred Hitchcock to me.

 

Korky