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11 July 2004	Ed Hahn

Some semi-transparent blur added to soften the image.

Replaced with better color balanced version, 18:00 7/12/04.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
0.80s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		13-Jul-2004 17:02
Nice. Real nice. --Joe

Canon DSLR Challenge		13-Jul-2004 00:23
I've put up a better color-balanced image...but there may be some caching. Hit "reload" if the lower left hand still looks pale vs. the upper hand. -Ed Hahn

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Jul-2004 12:33
Thanks Joe - I appreciate it very much - will try improving tonight. -Ed Hahn

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Jul-2004 10:34
Well, efforts paid off, as the lighting looks perfect to me. You might consider some selective (and oh-so-careful) dodge/burn to gain similar tone on the paired hands. If you remove this point of tension (i.e. the ambiguity in the hand assortment), this moves from "good" to "excellent". Can't put my finger on it (no pun intended), but there is something about this image I really like. I returned to it this morning to see if it had the same impact, and it did. --Joe

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Jul-2004 00:18
No, just two people. The lighting was difficult (I have yet to invest in a studio lighting rig) and getting this shot without any horrible shadows required some interesting contortions...like for example, my chin is pointing to the sky so it doesn't cast a shadow on the shirt. I'm thinking that the upper hand is darker because it isn't receiving the (overhead) light directly, while the lower left hand is. My wife's hand is quite a bit lighter in tone than mine. BTW, what technical flaw in the caption? ;-) -Ed Hahn

Guest		11-Jul-2004 20:06
Coupla thoughts on this, Ed. An engaging image with a bit of a paradox: The longer I look, the less I understand. The hands appear unmatched (3 people?). Also, I like the mild softening effect here; gives it a bit of radiance. Suggestion: Don't point out technical flaws in your caption; I may well have missed the mild motion blur had you not referenced it [sMiLe]. Nice image.