Hoodie: PP & CC

[kanuski]

Well, here's my take on it. Laugh at my weak abilities to edit:

That's not bad. The bright spots are burned. He still has the tilt which could be good. It would definitely look better on the histogram but I like a darker feel, more contrast, almost that cheap HDR look.
Here is another one I took last night. I used some of the new tools I found in LR to do a lot of PP. (more on my Flickr page)

Yea, I know it has a watermark. My family throws them up all over FB. I am just dreaming of a part-time business and want some credit.

 

[AgentDrex]

How bright do you have your viewing monitor set at? I'm looking at the histogram of my version and it still shows it as being under-exposed. I forgot to edit out the hotspot on the nose. Well, then if you like dark, here's dark. I tweaked specific settings (curves, layer blending, etc.) so the histogram was jacked all the way to the left, took some liberties with a color mood, corrected the tilt and fixed the nose (I was going to edit in a hand with a knife but I thought that may be going a tad overboard):

 

[kanuski]

How bright do you have your viewing monitor set at? I'm looking at the histogram of my version and it still shows it as being under-exposed. I forgot to edit out the hotspot on the nose. Well, then if you like dark, here's dark. I tweaked specific settings (curves, layer blending, etc.) so the histogram was jacked all the way to the left, took some liberties with a color mood, corrected the tilt and fixed the nose (I was going to edit in a hand with a knife but I thought that may be going a tad overboard):

Yea, I think I need a better monitor. I like your edit though. It looks great on my monitor.

 

[AgentDrex]

This may or may not help: Monitor Calibration: Is Your Monitor Calibrated?

 

[ManualMode]

Funny, my wife took a similar one of me a few months back for her site, I don't have the a copy of the original pose (which looks almost identical) but here's one similar from her site: Praying | SemiSarah

 

[AgentDrex]

I'll be jumping on this bandwagon soon then