**THE ALL NEW ARTSY FARTSY SELF PORTRAIT THREAD!!!!**

[ShutteredEye]

was playing with the new cam and some new filters..

Erm....Heeeelllloooo!:heart:

 

[castrol]

Here is mine. I didn't think I had one artsy fartsy enough to post... but here is
the one that LaFoto insisted I post... I really dig the facemask imprint on my head.

 

[thebeginning]

nice, castrol

do you have a waterproof case for your d70?

 

[LaFoto]

Hey, I am happy to see you posted this one in here.
Not only do I also dig the the facemask imprint, but also your hair style, your smile, your eyes, and the minor fact that this is an underwater shot - WOW! This makes it soooooooooo cool.

 

[mentos_007]

oh my... this underwater shot is really arty! great

 

[castrol]

nice, castrol

do you have a waterproof case for your d70?

Man, do I wish. That was actually taken with our little Canon A520. I picked up
a waterproof, zip lock kinda case for it on eBay. Man, what an awesome investment
that turned out to be. A little bit of a gamble taking a $150 camera underwater
in what basically equates to a ziplock bag with a lens built into it, but hey, I
was willing to take the risk for the possible rewards.

I still want one for the D70 though. How cool would that be?!

 

[castrol]

Hey, I am happy to see you posted this one in here.
Not only do I also dig the the facemask imprint, but also your hair style, your smile, your eyes, and the minor fact that this is an underwater shot - WOW! This makes it soooooooooo cool.

LOL... you're too sweet. I have to shave the mohawk off this evening. New
General Manager is coming in this week. Can't have her panicking over a sales
guy with a mohawk.

 

[David]

Having just registered and introduced myself, I thought I'd best visit here and post an image too.

Larger version

My avatar is also a kind of self-portrait as it shows one of my hands and mouth. I'd post the full size image, but it has scared too many small children and animals in the past!

David

 

[nitefly]

Wow, I never noticed your eyes until i clicked the larger version.. very cool..

that is photoshopped isnt it? you dont really have eyes like that? maybe thats why you have some many females looking into your eyes - they're bored and want to know how long they have until they can go home..

Haha, only joking.. very cool photo.

 

[David]

Nope they're definitely not my eyes. Well they are my eyes, but I used a photo of my watch on a separate layer, which I distorted to a more realistic perspective and then set the blend mode to 'Overlay'. I also added another layer above that, set to 'Color', and painted a dark orange colour over the area to make the effect more subtle. The skin tone was created by sharpening the blue channel to within an inch of its life, and then adding it as a layer above the original image and set the blend mode as 'Luminosity'. The latter luminosity layer is great when trying to recreate the Andrzej Dragan style of photo.

All in PS as you correctly deduced.

David

 

[ShutteredEye]

 

[fotogenik]

Me light testing before an on-location shoot back in July.

2) Me and the wife later that evening.

3) The wife a few days later. (yeah I know it isn't self portrait but I took it and she is prettier than me )

 

[Arch]

Bit of an arty one here..... after my dad retired he went back to his old love of painting..... and is now back at art college :mrgreen: ...... here's me (long exposure) in front of my dads recent self port and port of my mother.

oh..... in case you were wondering, the paintings are in colour... and do look better in colour.... but my pic didnt :mrgreen:

 

[tekzero]

i really like that one

 

[Xmetal]

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