Facedown...Or Is That Up?

Just before I continue posting my background into the world of photography and hobbies I thought I'd take a small break and say a little bit about the picture that is attached to my profile (also shown here to the left).

The picture was originally entitled "Facedown...or is that up?" but has recently been shortened to just "Facedown". It shows the back of a playing card but with a photograph of my face superimposed on it. I was trying to make an effect that looked like an anguished face trying to burst out of the card and spent a lot of time trying to warp the detail of the card around the contours of my face.

It was orginally created the image for a photography competition entitled "Faces" but I didn't win anything with it. I have uploaded it to a few websites including my own and have adopted it as a kind of avatar on sites such as Facebook and a couple of online forums.

I'll try to post other pictures and brief details like this from time to time but tomorrow will probably return to introducing myself, Shane.