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Published: 2009-12-11 17:35:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1293; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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Edit: Resubmitted. Changed hair colour back to brown, desaturated face skin, saturated the bauble. Not sure about how it looks now though 
Thanks to !Silver-Amphiptere for his useful advice. Previous image here .
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Just something with a tiny bit of relation to Christmas.
As always, RAW shot, upped the exposure so my hair appears brownish-red. My hair is actually more brown than black. Result of loss of protein from too much exposure from constant hours under sunlight.
I wanted a cheery feeling to this one. Instead I stuck with the dead-ish tones cause I love 'em so dang much.
Something's wrong with the position of my hair. Or the placing of the ornament
Ah, I need to get a remote soon.Thanks for looking
Photography copyright by me.
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Ah, but for those of us who are goth AND like Christmas, it totally works!
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Why thank you! I'm not goth, but I do like the style/fashion of it.
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Will check it out right away
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I agree with your comment about the timer - either that, or you need to use a friend somehow (whether you photograph them, or they you. A remote's really your only option, I think. It wouldn't be the same with another person involved)
I actually really like this photo - its interesting, because the Christmas ornament is the focal point, but so are your lips - they make an interesting heart shape, and my eye keeps switching backwards and forth between the two.
(I'm assuming you have photoshop or a photo editing program here)
You might want to desaturate the colour in your hair and bring it back to being brown - as red as it is, it's competing with the bauble and your lips for attention. You could also try making your skin a little paler, while either leaving your mouth the same or adding just a little more colour to them (raise the saturation)
I like this picture
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This is definitely the best feedback received from my whole life on dA. A good feedback is worth a thousand favs to me. (Okay, not that dramatic, maybe minus a few zeros 
Thank you, I've been thinking about the colour of it too, something seems wrong but I couldn't figure it out. I'll update it as soon as I can.
Thanks again. *wanders off to your forum thread*
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Heh, You're welcome. DA has gotten (or always was?) pretty bad for critique; if you want to get some decent crits you have to search out the right places.
Just try fiddling with the colour saturation for a while, and see what works. Just keep in mind that subtelty is key - amping up the saturation in one area and totally desaturating everything else might not work; you'd have to be careful how you treat it if you go down that path. Good luck
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You have to stop amazing me with all your conceptual shots.
By the way sassy lips.
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You need to start amazing me more often with your tablet-sketched-yet-so-awesome pictures.
Of my 12 months on dA, I've definitely never heard the word 'sassy' being used.
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The baubel is really pretty, and i like the composition! Good job!
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