Psychometry

[waitingman]

Have a look at the 2 photos under the cut & tell me which you prefer...



Actually, it's the same photo treated 2 different ways ~ I just want to know which people think is better & maybe why. It could tell me all sorts of personality-type things about the kind of people who read my journal, but all it's probably going to do is confirm for me if anyone actually does read it...


Option 1


Option 2

Comments

[sandypawozbun.livejournal.com]

I'll take door two please Glen.

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I don't like either...

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... and what does that say about you, I wonder. Tell me more about your mother...

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's tough. And I'll confess that neither of them would make it onto my favourites list from your work, but I'm interested to know which steps you put them through to get the results?

I think I'll go with the first one, though - to me, it's very evocative of Blake's The Sick Rose...

O Hai Roz... U haz a sik!

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

Would it make it more impressive if I confessed that the rose started out yellow, but changed colour during the process(es)??

As always with me, it was 50% vague plan, derailed by serendipity, then cautious redefinition of the unexpected new idea 'til I was happy enough.

Main trickery components ~ diffuse glow, contrast, selectively removing black (Serendipity!!), shadow/highlighting, a little recolouring in the middle of the flower, then solarising the whole thing for the 2nd version.

Meh... the heck with you pair of fickle felines ~ I like both versions!!!!!

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

Oi! Who are you calling feline?

You're allowed to like both versions, silly. In fact, since you went to the trouble of posting them, I'd expect nothing less...

I'm not sure I want to think too much about LOLBlake, mind you. *grin*