194/365 # Silent alarm

You really can't appreciate this shot properly at this size - try it here instead.

 

This shot nearly didn't happen - I had this idea to try out using paths in Photoshop again but in my rush to get the shot I forgot that I needed a shot of the blank wall so I could erase my arms out of the shot and still have something in the background.

 

I nearly binned the idea but somehow, by a combination of copying, pasting and healing I fixed the background so I was able to carry on with it.

 

There's no deep meaning behind this photo, it's just me playing around with something new I've found to see what I can do. If you're looking for meaning then I suppose it could represent my quiet dread at turning 30 next week.

 

There's some textures in there, and a gradient layer blended over everything except the paths to simulate a light source . . . I got a bit carried away with this one, but I was so pleased I'd managed to save the photo (because it was in a serious mess for a while) that once I'd fixed it I wanted it to look as good as I could make it.

 

You know what I'm going to say - it's better bigger on black

Done