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The hand

Postby karenkwan on Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:03 pm

After a long hiatus and going MIA from the forum, I am finally making another Image post to contribute! :D

I took this a while back, I made a friend do this for me and painted her hand with eyeshadow and nail polish, poor girl!

This was taken with a 400d and a 24-70L f2.8 lens and post-processed (like mad) in Adobe Lightroom (like always!)

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Yeah, I know the splodge of light at the top left hand is very distracting :(
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Re: The hand

Postby MCWB on Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:19 pm

Damn, that's great! So moody! :up:
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Re: The hand

Postby stetner on Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:09 pm

Yikes! Hope I don't dream of that hand tonight!
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Re: The hand

Postby Catcha on Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:06 pm

Nice contrast between the black and white, hope i don't see those hands around me at all heheeh
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Re: The hand

Postby gstark on Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:22 pm

What a wonderful image.

The concept and the execution are excellent. A worthy return to the forum.
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Re: The hand

Postby sirhc55 on Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:18 am

Indidily an excellent shot but I feel as if there should be an ethereal OOF face to enhance the image even more :)
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Re: The hand

Postby surenj on Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:19 pm

This could be the cover for the movie "SAW VI". Great work..
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Re: The hand

Postby phoenix on Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:44 pm

I agree with everyone else. This is an awesome shot. I really love it. :cheers:
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Re: The hand

Postby aim54x on Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:57 pm

I have told you before, but it is awesome work! Love the way it all works. The B&W conversion with the tonality really adds to the 'feel' of the shot.

I dont think I have seen any of your work that I dont like. Keep it up.
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Re: The hand

Postby karenkwan on Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:04 pm

aim54x wrote:I have told you before, but it is awesome work! Love the way it all works. The B&W conversion with the tonality really adds to the 'feel' of the shot.

I dont think I have seen any of your work that I dont like. Keep it up.


HAHA I am sure you secretly HATE the photos of my cupcakes cause I do :p teehee
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Re: The hand

Postby gstark on Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:47 pm

karenkwan wrote:HAHA I am sure you secretly HATE the photos of my cupcakes cause I do :p teehee



What sort of cups was that??

Oh ..... :twisted:
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Re: The hand

Postby aim54x on Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:50 pm

gstark wrote:
karenkwan wrote:HAHA I am sure you secretly HATE the photos of my cupcakes cause I do :p teehee



What sort of cups was that??

Oh ..... :twisted:


The good, edible kind!! :lol:
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Re: The hand

Postby gstark on Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:01 pm

aim54x wrote:
gstark wrote:
karenkwan wrote:HAHA I am sure you secretly HATE the photos of my cupcakes cause I do :p teehee



What sort of cups was that??

Oh ..... :twisted:


The good, edible kind!! :lol:


My question remains unanswered, however. :)

Where is Sue when you need her?
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Re: The hand

Postby jethro on Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:38 pm

This is an evil but great shot. I will say fantastic exposure, fantastic B&W.
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Re: The hand

Postby karenkwan on Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:45 pm

gstark wrote:
aim54x wrote:
gstark wrote:
karenkwan wrote:HAHA I am sure you secretly HATE the photos of my cupcakes cause I do :p teehee



What sort of cups was that??

Oh ..... :twisted:


The good, edible kind!! :lol:


My question remains unanswered, however. :)

Where is Sue when you need her?
 LOL OH DEAR!

The good, edible, vanilla flavoured kind - ones which are capable of killing you from too much sugar and butter :)
Photos which I WOULD post up but it's very dodgily shot ;D
What sort of cups did you want them to be? :wink:
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Re: The hand

Postby aim54x on Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:46 pm

karenkwan wrote:What sort of cups did you want them to be? :wink:


D cups? :D
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Re: The hand

Postby gstark on Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:32 am

aim54x wrote:
karenkwan wrote:What sort of cups did you want them to be? :wink:


D cups? :D


I did NOT say that.

I did NOT say that.

(I did now, however). :)
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Re: The hand

Postby surenj on Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:33 pm

:ot:

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24479637-7485,00.html

Or is it really off topic?
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Re: The hand

Postby zafra52 on Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:40 am

"The hand that rocked the fence post" Umn! I guess technically is an excellent shot, but I am not sure what emotion you want it to convey..fear...horror?
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Re: The hand

Postby karenkwan on Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:46 pm

zafra52 wrote:"The hand that rocked the fence post" Umn! I guess technically is an excellent shot, but I am not sure what emotion you want it to convey..fear...horror?


Can it be both? :D I just wanted a creepy photo of a hand! haha. I didn't think too much into it - like always, I should though :?
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Re: The hand

Postby gstark on Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:42 pm



All I see in that image is what appear to be heavily botoxed lips. Yeccccchhhhhhh!

And the story? What a load of generalisations and .... let's just say that I wouldn't even wrap my fish in that rag.
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