Photoshop work- subtle techniques

This image has been edited in Photoshop and has been auto-coloured, contrasted and toned. It does not appear to have changed much. the main difference is that the colours are slightly sharper which changes the overall tidiness of the image.

This image has been desaturated and then the brightness and contrast levels have been edited. The colours have been taken out of the image and the contrast levels have brought the blacks and whites out in the background. The image has been edited to give a more mysterious or possibly serious tone to the image.

This image has had an unsharpen mask added to sharpen certain parts of the face especially the eyes. After the mask has been applied the image has been feathered around the facial area with the inverse area selected. The background has then been contrasted to bring out and intensify the background. This technique is known as vingetting.

The original unedited image.