hands close-up

[drashutosh]

I took it while a friend was sleepin..
did some tweakin in LR..
while I was changing the brightness.. it was changing very drastically..
not very happy with the very dark hair... anything else that needs to be done???



EXIF:
Camera Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure 0.5
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 146 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias +2/3 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 240 dpi
Y-Resolution 240 dpi
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto

[o.pulido]

I like your concept; however, the image looks soft throughout -to me, at least. It looks like you intentionally blurred the foreground ( the hand that's cupped upward) to focus on the one behind it ... or on top of it, I think, which is fine, but maybe more attention would be drawn to the intended target if you composed it differently and your focus was spot-on. Also the blurred out bottom right part of the image (that’s part of the bed, I’m guessing) is very distracting for my particular taste. I would come in a little tighter on the framing, and focus a little better on the top hand (focusing on both hands would also work, I think). That’s all I can offer. Great idea, though.

[drashutosh]

thanks pulido,
I did intentionally blurred the finger, since i was more interested in the back hand's creases, and thought it was taking away the interest from them. I had problem in framing too.. "the pillow" had to be removed, but I realized that if I was cropping it off, it was chopping the fingers further.. Do you think it's alright to have chopped fingers in order to achieve it?? Somehow I couldnt make myself do it...
Thanks a million for the comment.. I'll try and improve and improvise and hopefully get back again...
cheers..