I have an 8x10 of this, and it might be one of my favorite pictures that I've ever taken. We'll see how it fairs this week. :-)
[Oct. 10th, 2008 10:43:56 PM]
This shot was actually my first test shot and really wasn't what I had in mind at all. I took about 50 shots against a black background with a much more natural hand position and with more of the hand in focus. Turns out it was just too much black... :-)
In RAW
Adjusted clarity, recovery, blacks, and contrast. Desaturated all color channels except a tiny bit of blue which you can still see in the wrench, and an even smaller amount of red that you can see in my hand.
In PS
Levels, shadows and highlights, usm, noise ninja, resize and save for web. That's about it.
I really like the shot and hope it does well. You never can tell! :-)
Go Nor'Easters!
As for the comment about staging my dirty hand, I changed my spark plugs, oil, oil filter, fuel filter, and all four brakes just before taking this picture. So there! :-)
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I think this is my favourite shot of the challenge. Perhaps the only criticism I can give on it is to be careful when trying to make hands look dirty. When there's genuin filth involved, it tends to settle into the cracks & grooves of your hand, rather than sitting on the surface and leaving the grooves clean. But that's a very minor critique on an excellent photo.
A wonderful entry and the title is fantastic! I think the title on it's own is worth a high vote. Of course, we don't vote on the title. I want to know how you did this sort of selective desat within basic editing rules.
Nice image - Great sharpness and tones - Like the simple image - Find the dark image to the top left very distracting though against the thumb - Stops this image from popping which it distracting to the eye
I'd have thought a tool in hand would be a kinda boring subject but this is gorgeous; the dirty, rough texture of his hand and the gleaming, slightly abraised texture of the spanner go together brilliantly. My choice to win.
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