Development 2

to develop me photo even further I decided to add another common convention of the noir genre. I decided to try and digitally add in the venetian blinds shadows without having to retake the picture. To do this I put my image into photoshop and selected the line tool. I then set the line tool to black and at about 40% opacity. I then drew lines across the image to represent shadows from a venetian blind. I then used the blur, eraser and smudge tools to create a more realistic, smooth looking effect rather than the sharp lines created by just using the line tool.

this is my final result:

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