Ok, a bit about this shot. I got home late last night, was exhausted and frustrated. I probably looked awful and no doubt had a perma-scowl so no face shot. I decided to go for my naval. I grabbed an old frame (that's just the front, the back fell off). I went up to my room which, for a few minutes was cat free. I positioned the camera to face down, put the frame around my belly button and took a few shots. I don't have a remote shutter release so it was on a timer and I had to keep getting up, repositioning, refocusing...blah, blah. That's when the herd o' cats came up the stairs, saw me lying down and decided to climb all over me. I got one clear shot of my belly through all that but the lighting was awful. It also had some parts of me in it I didn't want on the web :D. I cropped it, but it wasn't getting better. I just started playing around in PS with angles and such and came up with this. Then a few filters. Then some color adjustments. I was about to save it in a strange green color when the words "naval orange" hit me. Made one more adjustment and saved.

I did so much to this image, none of it planned, so I don't even know all the things I did or used. This was a complete accident.

Ok, a bit about this shot. I got home late last night, was exhausted and frustrated. I probably looked awful and no doubt had a perma-scowl so no face shot. I decided to go for my naval. I grabbed an old frame (that's just the front, the back fell off). I went up to my room which, for a few minutes was cat free. I positioned the camera to face down, put the frame around my belly button and took a few shots. I don't have a remote shutter release so it was on a timer and I had to keep getting up, repositioning, refocusing...blah, blah. That's when the herd o' cats came up the stairs, saw me lying down and decided to climb all over me. I got one clear shot of my belly through all that but the lighting was awful. It also had some parts of me in it I didn't want on the web :D. I cropped it, but it wasn't getting better. I just started playing around in PS with angles and such and came up with this. Then a few filters. Then some color adjustments. I was about to save it in a strange green color when the words "naval orange" hit me. Made one more adjustment and saved.

I did so much to this image, none of it planned, so I don't even know all the things I did or used. This was a complete accident.