savvy? by northy

savvy?

another three-fer...
1. weekly theme - macabre
2. etsooi theme - supernatural
3. split tones for my get pushed challenge set by @dtigani... burnt orange highlights and aqua tones done in LR5

in terms of etsooi, i will confess that i've kind of lost track of what i've done here... it started out as, y'know, a fairly typical shot of a skull wearing a pink hat ;p then I:
-- processed from RAW in LR5
-- converted to black and white in nik silver fx
-- added the split tones in LR5
-- then in colour fx i *think* i added some glow, some coldth, plus some vignette blur, plus a couple other things but i'm really not sure what anymore...

what does it matter what else you did, he looks happy, n'est-ce pas? :-) i like it!
October 18th, 2013  
Love how this turned out. The split tones are great.
October 18th, 2013  
Really awesome result and just a really cool and spine tingling inducing image!
October 18th, 2013  
Love this! The tones and comp are perfectly creepy! Fav!
October 18th, 2013  
Brilliant results regardless as to how you obtained them.
October 18th, 2013  
Scary brilliant!!
October 18th, 2013  
@dtigani - another attempt at split tones
October 18th, 2013  
Gloriously creepy!
October 18th, 2013  
All my skulls wear pink hats too. Oh the more serious side- since you don't really remember what you did to it, it is etsooi in its purest form! I am not actually into the macabre or spooky stuff, but I know an excellent shot of the genre when I see it. Well done!
October 18th, 2013  
Wow. So cool! Fav. The orange tones in the skull just works.
October 18th, 2013  
Love this shot -- the skull looks positively horrifying the way the light sets it off. Great one!
October 18th, 2013  
AC
Great lighting! Wonderfully captured.
October 18th, 2013  
The colour is really cool. Definitely quite macabre. Nice to have a skull with a pink hat hanging around :-)
October 18th, 2013  
damn cool, fav
October 18th, 2013  
Very cool :)
October 18th, 2013  
Whoa! Nice shot! Can I go and change my underpants please? I fear that I have done something involuntary and messy in them...
October 18th, 2013  
Scary! Awesome!
October 18th, 2013  
Brilliant!!
October 18th, 2013  
coOOOOoooOOl I reckon he was called Bruce in a previous life
October 18th, 2013  
Love reading how you got to your final image - this is completely spooky and wonderful.
October 18th, 2013  
The plants or whatever on the blanket(?) "Bruce" is apparently lying on look like hair blowing in the wind, which somehow makes it look freakier than it would otherwise.
October 18th, 2013  
Man that is way cool
October 18th, 2013  
oooooh, this is spooky! perfect for the theme! the lighting is amazing.
October 18th, 2013  
Very cool Northy fav
October 18th, 2013  
You are really into this spooky time of year don´t you? :D
October 18th, 2013  
However you didit, it is fabulous. Fav!
October 18th, 2013  
Seriously freaky! Great shot
October 18th, 2013  
Great pic. Like the thing on his head. Gives you a sense of motion. Can you give me the brand of the sunglasses he's wearing? ;)
October 18th, 2013  
Awesomeness.
October 18th, 2013  
Ah yes, the old 'skeleton in pink hat' trope ... super, super job!
October 18th, 2013  
@agentzuckerguss it's better than christmas :D
October 18th, 2013  
ohhhh spooky! ..... great take on the theme, and i like it has color on it .... =)
October 19th, 2013  
Amazing and most macabre! Awesome processing and final result.
October 19th, 2013  
" a fairly typical shot of a skull wearing a pink hat " - genuine LOL! :)
Awesome edit.
October 19th, 2013  
great shot
October 19th, 2013  
super cool
October 19th, 2013  
Love the split tones - gives me the feeling you just popped outside and dug him up!
October 19th, 2013  
Skulltastic
October 19th, 2013  
That is so cool, Northy! Why do I expect it to ask me for directions to a bottle of Tequila though?
October 19th, 2013  
@quixoticneophyte i dont know... he already looks like he's had one over the eight ;p
October 19th, 2013  
Super creepy...well done...fav! :)
October 20th, 2013  
very nice!
October 20th, 2013  
Cool cool!! Very pirates of the Caribbean xx
October 21st, 2013  
Mac
Delicious tone and curiosity evoking setup. Death and fashion.
October 22nd, 2013  
Cool....sounds like fun!
October 25th, 2013  
Love it. Just in time for Halloween and all the macabre that comes with it. Sounds like a LOT of work to produce. Great results.
October 25th, 2013  
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