Let Love, the fountain of life, flow through my veins

Let Dawn’s mirror reflect the mysteries of night

O ecstatic joy, pierce my soul’s lifeline!

Became the sacred Chalice of truth and abandon these two words!

Hunt down my intellect, you are a consummate marksman

Take my heart as your archer’s bow and aim for my soul!

 

Before

 

After

 

I enhanced my original picture (Before) by adjusting: Brightness, Contrast, Fill Lights, Blacks, Clarity, Variance, and Saturation

I re-sized the picture and changed the resolution.

I saved the same picture as (After) and under adjustment I changed, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow values to obtain a sunset effect for the whole image.

With selection tool I selected the ivory strips of the hat and again under adjustment I change the Cyan value to 25, Magenta to -44, and Yellow to -55 to obtain some sort of sunset reflection!

Duotone Image

 

This picture was taken in January 2013 in Abruzzo's high mountains in Italy I used an image of my friend from a different picture and placed it in three different spots and in three different scales.

My inspiration was from The Name of Rose's movie, I wanted a mysterious environment with that beautiful landscape, clouds and abounded houses at almost 4,000 feet altitude.