Mirror imaging is a way of placing subject in a stronger compositional area. Sometimes it helps to keep our attention inside the frame longer.
After the flip left to right and a small crop, that copy becomes the base layer:
- Numerous small areas are cloned out as distractions, mostly lighter ones.
- "Tribe" sign is copied from original, adjusted for perspective, pasted over backward sign.
- Strings are cloned, added/subtracted
- Copy of face is lightened, contrasted
- Copy of eyes is lightened, contrasted, catchlights increased.
- New sky applied as a layer, background brought through by erasing.
- Slight vignette added to focus attention on face