Here's something you can only do digitally. Currently, I am involved with Portraits, and The Beginning of the Universe. So, I combined the two ideas, and came up with what you see. AR4. 3600x3000pxl at 300 ppi. 3 layers - First layer, the background, Second layer, the portrait,The third layer,Same as Bkg set at 50% transparent.

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