Ok.. here is an unretouched shot of mine

[scottyb70]

Ok I am still having a problem here. This is what I did:
1) I opened up my image (background only)
2) I duplicated it then went to the channels pallette and created a new channel
3) It went to Alpha 14) I clicked on Alpha 1 to highlight it blue and I tried to drag it over to the layers section (nothing happened)
5) So I went to Select > All and with the Alpha Highlighted blue and nothing else in the channels pallette I clicked Edit>Copy
6) I then went back to my Layers Pallette with a BackGround Image and a Background copy.
7)The Background copy was highlighted only and the I clicked Edit > Paste
8) Now I have Backgound - BackGround Copy - Layer 1 with a black square in it and my Layer is set to Normal.
9) Now my image is covered in black what is next?

Am I doing this the right way?

[lilysharon]

Originally Posted by cainam

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Nice edit.

[RokcetScientist]

Trippin':

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...st/trippin.jpg

[lkroll]

Not quite a photo anymore. lol

[isik55]

So here is my result, I'm happy that I'm a little close to Dave Hill look but at the same time I'm a little sad because now I Know that it's all about lighting and I don't have any equipments to achieve that look. Anyways I did this with Lucisart plug-in just use the sculpture mode step 1 mix 55. Just that not any layers, dodge/burn thing etc. Hope you like it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/isik5/2347292689/

[samoflak]

Retouched Image

Enjoyed this, thanks for sharing

[morpheus1870]

one word in regards to the dude in the photo....FREAK!!

[gamedonechanged]

Any chance someone could post the original again?

[roone]

cainam, like the flame thing ....