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July 17 2004

Hands on break by Eric Hatch

Sony DSC-F717
1/1000s f/3.2 at 19.0mm iso200 with Flash full exif

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Sony Forums Challenges22-Jul-2004 04:11
This is a great portrait, you really captured very well the character of the subject. Excellent work.

Miguel
Katherine Stanback's Photos22-Jul-2004 00:26
Great shot! Nice,relaxed hands and great eyes.
Bill Borne20-Jul-2004 21:36
An outstanding capture of "An everyday person"....looks to be part of Americana. B/W works exceptionally well here and I agree with Linda....very intense eyes/facial expression. Nice one Eric. Bill
Sony Forums Challenges19-Jul-2004 02:23
The ISO was just where I routinely leave it for general-purpose work. The flash was a fill flash for the fellow's face, and the high shutter was intended to keep the flash from creating harsh background shadows. Didn't work out too well; the picture was badly unbalanced (forearm not blown but way too bright, mainly) and needed a lot of rebalancing. Also was too red in color and had color noise, so I converted to BW using the method where you create two hue/saturation layers, set the top one to "color" with a value of zero and then adjust hue on the bottom one -- this gives you the ability to balance the midtones to your satisfaction.

So the real answer is, I had an idea of what I was doing, but got something a bit different, then found a way to make it work. (Sorry to shatter any illusions you may have had!). ERic
Sony Forums Challenges19-Jul-2004 01:56
Nice work, Eric. I have a question - were you using those settings (1/1000, iso 200, flash) to get a specific effect ? I like the result. -john(ebones)
Sony Forums Challenges18-Jul-2004 23:02
Paul Newman eyes -- thanks! You too can achieve Paul Newman eyes with one pass of the dodge tool set to, 17% saturation, highlights only. Size the brush to the size of the eye. Eric Hatch
Sony Forums Challenges18-Jul-2004 21:03
Really nice Eric, I like the b&w and graininess but my favorite part of the image is the Paul Newman eyes ;-) Linda L.
Sony Forums Challenges18-Jul-2004 20:05
I agree with both Andy and Mike. The graininess adds a really appropriate "rough" touch. Fremiet
Guest 18-Jul-2004 20:01
a shot with *feeling*, i really like it. well done, -- andy
Sony Forums Challenges18-Jul-2004 04:16
For a lot of folks, cigarette breaks are a routine part of the day. I think the B&W works well here; and the lighting/posture helps accentuate the hands...photojournalistic. MFC