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ACK! Hide the kids! · 07:37 AM

You wouldn't want them to have bad dreams...

Self-portrait taken last night when I was at my absolute grungiest.

Taken with K200D, DA*50-135, and (3) Photogenic Powerlights. PP'd with Raw Therapee and tweaked a little more in Lightroom 2. I went for this pseudo cartoon effect that makes me look even grungier than I really was. The woman on the shirt is Billie Holliday.

daacon · 02-09-2009, 07:49 AM

Sweeeeeeeeet you look nothing like Bille Holiday or your Avatar

- I have resembled that look quite a bit myself. Good Lighting and PP

Nowhere Matt · 02-09-2009, 11:49 AM

Did Billie Holliday play for the Yankees also?

Hey, he told me to say that.

jeffkpotter · 02-09-2009, 12:50 PM

Nice shot. Maxwell 1295 you are sublimely rugged and beautiful.
Ps. I.M. Hetero

codiac2600 · 02-09-2009, 02:58 PM

Definitely a great self portrait! It goes well with your style of photography and how you see things. Love it!

kurt · 02-09-2009, 03:08 PM

An image with character! The shirt is a spot on it.

**Mallee Boy** · 02-09-2009, 04:20 PM

Grungy..? ya reckon thats grungy? mate wish I had some of me taken after a dirty day on the farm....my wife used to tell the kids "it was only dad" coming home.

Anyway....our mothers loved us.

Cheers.

Damn Brit · 02-09-2009, 05:04 PM

Awesome self portrait Alan, grunge as much as you like if it means producing shots like that.

**Sailor** · 02-09-2009, 05:12 PM

Funky self portrait, Alan. I love the T-Shirt and Billie Holiday - especially when she was singing with Lester Young. I have a number of T-Shirts with jazz musicians' pictures on them, but around here people look at me like chickens watching card tricks.

Jer

ll_coffee_lP · 02-09-2009, 06:07 PM

Great shot and processing!

c[_]

**SCGushue** · 02-09-2009, 07:22 PM

Not bad Max. Pretty intense and pretty damn nicely executed in PP.

Stephen

vievetrick · 02-09-2009, 08:20 PM

Max I really liked you ..... until I saw the Yankee hat

kidding I still like you

great shot.

Stratman · 02-09-2009, 08:24 PM

Time for a shave young man !! Great shot, and PP work Alan !! ( but I'd rather you post some more portraits of your lovely daughter, hehe she is just a tad more easy on the eyes

)

a a i b · 02-09-2009, 09:26 PM

Great shot. Love the "double expression." I'm guessing the PP only helped.

Class A · 02-10-2009, 03:51 AM

Great shot! The two faces really complement each other well.

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02-09-2009, 07:49 AM	#2
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Sweeeeeeeeet you look nothing like Bille Holiday or your Avatar - I have resembled that look quite a bit myself. Good Lighting and PP

02-09-2009, 11:49 AM	#3
Nowhere Matt Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nowhere Land Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,362	Did Billie Holliday play for the Yankees also? Hey, he told me to say that.

02-09-2009, 12:50 PM	#4
jeffkpotter Guest	Nice shot. Maxwell 1295 you are sublimely rugged and beautiful. Ps. I.M. Hetero

02-09-2009, 02:58 PM	#5
codiac2600 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 2,027	Definitely a great self portrait! It goes well with your style of photography and how you see things. Love it!

02-09-2009, 03:08 PM	#6
kurt Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hyvinkää, Suomi (Finland) Photos: Gallery Posts: 669	An image with character! The shirt is a spot on it.

02-09-2009, 04:20 PM	#7
Mallee Boy Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,904	Grungy..? ya reckon thats grungy? mate wish I had some of me taken after a dirty day on the farm....my wife used to tell the kids "it was only dad" coming home. Anyway....our mothers loved us. Cheers.

02-09-2009, 05:04 PM	#8
Damn Brit Guest	Awesome self portrait Alan, grunge as much as you like if it means producing shots like that.

02-09-2009, 05:12 PM	#9
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,203	Funky self portrait, Alan. I love the T-Shirt and Billie Holiday - especially when she was singing with Lester Young. I have a number of T-Shirts with jazz musicians' pictures on them, but around here people look at me like chickens watching card tricks. Jer

02-09-2009, 06:07 PM	#10
ll_coffee_lP Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,972	Great shot and processing! c[_]

02-09-2009, 07:22 PM	#11
SCGushue Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,449	Not bad Max. Pretty intense and pretty damn nicely executed in PP. Stephen

02-09-2009, 08:20 PM	#12
vievetrick Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Easthampton - Massachusetts - USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,183	Max I really liked you ..... until I saw the Yankee hat kidding I still like you great shot.

02-09-2009, 08:24 PM	#13
Stratman Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: St Louis, Missouri U S A Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,464	Time for a shave young man !! Great shot, and PP work Alan !! ( but I'd rather you post some more portraits of your lovely daughter, hehe she is just a tad more easy on the eyes )

02-09-2009, 09:26 PM	#14
a a i b Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brooklyn Photos: Gallery Posts: 315	Great shot. Love the "double expression." I'm guessing the PP only helped.

02-10-2009, 03:51 AM	#15
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251	Great shot! The two faces really complement each other well.

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