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Palmistry
Palmistry
wsteyn


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Challenge: Textures III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Date: Jul 18, 2005
Aperture: 22
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/1.5
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 19, 2005

 I tried to combine the act of touching with the texture theme and I'm not sure that I was successful.
Picture was taken with 60mm macro lens, converted to B/W and contrass enhanced. It's the first time I used NeatImage to remove noise and I was quite impressed.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 614
Avg (all users): 5.9121
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.7542
Avg (non-participants): 6.2128
Views since voting: 1014
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 273
Comments: 11
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 09/08/2005 06:08:22 AM
i can almost feel it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/26/2005 06:42:20 AM
Simple but very nice. I like the lighting and the composition, which work together with the DOF to direct the attention to the most revealing part of the hand; the pads beneath the fingers. 7
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 07/25/2005 02:01:09 PM
This really works in B&W - soft focus in the foreground is a bit distracting for me personally - 7
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 07/24/2005 01:09:44 AM
Ah! the first black and white I've seen on this contest, and I must say, it serves it's purpose quite well! I think it has a full range of colors from black to white... it's very clean and defined where it's supposed to be... etc... very good, I like :-)
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 07/23/2005 10:07:54 AM
I really like the lighting and black and white here. Just a tad out of focus.
 07/21/2005 08:14:39 PM
Yes the hand shot is appealing. Especially black and white.
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 07/21/2005 05:06:37 PM
What works: the diagonal placement of the hand and the lighting of the part of the palm just below the fingers.

What doesn't seem to work: DOF seems a bit shallow. Seems a bit underexposed despite a couple of hot spots. The corners are a bit dark. It could be that it is too much of a closeup.
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 07/21/2005 12:10:17 AM
good lines
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 07/20/2005 07:21:02 PM
This site has a lot of people who are really good at photographing palms of hands, I think you talented folk are ready to start a new field of photography! Think about it! You could do palm-portraits of rich people (maybe their pets too if they're really rich) Why you could even do candid palm shots, or palm landscapes! Dont waste your talent get started today!!
 07/20/2005 06:52:39 AM
Awesome-10
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 07/20/2005 01:45:33 AM
WONDERFUL. Great contrast and light. The detail is super. 8
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