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Published: 2005-10-05 10:32:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 7522; Favourites: 130; Downloads: 1502
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this could be a friggin' caption contest photo.this ... is an outtake. yes.
made in the most contrasting of shoots ... a band photo.
i made one photo like this. the rest of of the band. all two of them.
although i liked what i saw on the monitor of the camera, when i got home and saw the detail that i wanted on the fingerprint ... i was happy.
contrasting what went on over the weekend this shoot -- albeit guerilla-style with no permits in the streets and alley-ways of hollywood -- was a breathe of fresh albeit smoke-tinged air.
i like this photo.
i like that it was completely unexpected and made during a shoot with a wholly different purpose.
and i thought i was getting home early tonight.
maybe tomorrow...
canon eos1dm2. 24-70/2.8L (go to lens). f/9. 1/5 sec. hand-fucking-held. hensel porty with bi-tube head - 2400 ws. chimera super pro plus large softbox 54x72 inches (silver interior with light baffle) frame right about 10 feet from subject's hand. bogen super boom. matthews stands. assistant. a bit of levels. convert to b/w via channel mixing. a bit of contrast. a bit of unsharp mask.
YES, THE CANON EOS 1D MARK 2 IS DIGITAL. THIS WAS NOT SHOT ON ILFORD.
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What you did to photograph to 1/5?? You have the hands of a surgeon? Surprising
I apologise for my English
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Very beautiful 
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realy great concept. thit one can make us imagine a lot of histories
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love that you can see the fingerprint, that's awesome and the barb next to it is the icing on the cake 
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my first thought when i saw this (before i read your comments) was the holocaust. i guess it just goes to show you how anything can mean something different to everyone.
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This I like
A LOT
I love the darkness.
The compostion
and the positioning of the light.
once more you amaze me.
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Very nice photo!
I have one question though. How did you get so much shadow with such a big box?
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it was to the left ... about ... 12 feet away.
trust me ... they throw shadow too!
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Interesting
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This is pretty artsy for you, but I like it. I think it could be a little bit little though, maybe with a bit more contrast? But I like contrasty stuff.
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Killer shot Chris. The lighting is just perfect. The details int he shadows are awesome. :faints: Great work as usual!
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Love this shot! I'm not even sure why but I just love it it's a great photo. I love how large the hand is compared to the wire. Instead of the wire looking extremely small it makes the hand look godly big which is a very neat effect. Well Done ~Kar
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I like this shot too..
it is touching
leaves the mind with imaginations
of dramatic stories behind this..
cheers!
Marina
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i'm pretty sure you have the steadiest hands of anyone...ever. just thought i'd throw that out.
great lighting too.
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i love the deep contrast and darkness. The B&W conversion is beautiful. . .
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really sharp for hand held. I love the style and the light angles help to see the (digit prints) of the fingers.
really nice. love the atmospher.. and sorry for my english.. I'm french... well whatever.
well done mate!
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Love barbed wire... dunno why, it just is something that's always been a part of my life somehow... rickty rusty dangerous but... what's the secret? Always meaning to barbed wire, it's never put up just because it's pretty... it's always there to keep things in or out. It's always got the western feel to it, too... or rustic, or militaristic... background memories of some cowpoke trying to fix a fence in the middle of a thunderstorm... don't know why that's there... but it's there.
For some reason... the first thing that came to mind is "the hand is too clean... too soft." Weird. I don't normally look at your work that way. The lighting, as always, is great... wonderful depth and textures... but the hands look like an artist's hand, the hand of someone that works with a computer or works in an office. Why would I see that? I feel like I'm missing the point somehow.
Helluva hand-held shot, at that speed. Shooting between the shakes. I'm impressed.
Love this shot, though... gonna have to 
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Very nice! Though I think it would look much better on your Ilford
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Wow it is great! 
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hey, I didn't like your recent work, it was too... glossy? trendy?
but this one really really beautiful, like your older ones
definitely
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hey, sweetie ,u dont have to thank me ! ;D
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that is insanely good
how the hell did u manage to achieve the lightning, and the focal range?
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I like it too---a lot--very strong image created by great concept, good eye and excellent lighting!
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Now this I'm loving. Perfect lighting and details.
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This reminds me of a book I read, the Silver Sword and well also Schindler's List.
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Images like this always make me think of the Holocaust for some reason. I mean, nothing about this even hints at the Holocaust. It could just be some guy escaping prison, or breaking into a garbage facility to retrieve large plastic bladders of liposuctioned fat to make into soap. WHO KNOWS?! But anyway, a very expressive piece. The hand looks like the person attached to it may have gotten to the fence and given up, or is merely observing something on the other side.
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Respect for the steady 1/5 !!!!!! You shoudl be a yoga guru
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The lines on his palm, right in the bright area, create a kind of vestigal idea of a Star of David - it's not quite there, but i can't not see it anyways? - this is a beautiful photograph.
thanks.
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Y'know, I swear that the vast majority of my favorite shots are the unplanned ones. The ones that just happen. They feel more immediate, they let me get in there, feel it. Don't get me wrong; there are some damned amazing pre-planned shots and that's an artform, too. But there's something undefinable which is different about a shot in the moment...
As you said somewhere in the past - it's all about seeing.
Love this one.
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really nice. and quite different from most of your other shots. at least, the ones you post.
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operative phrase, "at least, the ones you post."
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