Richard Irwin - Photoblog
Scary Hands
Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 28 May 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual.
I'm away on my boat, and will have little opportunity to visit AM3. All the following weeks images have been pre-posted, and are a bunch of random shots from various times and places.
This shot is from Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
@Anthony Lambert: Ha ha, I think he was supposed to have hid in an Oak just like this one. I think this ancient oak would have been around when he was, but the hands belong to a mate of mine.
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
This is an excellent idea and super-effective! I have a tree just like this I walk by every day and will always think of these hands, now!
28 May 2008 9:30am
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Terrific image, Richard ... beautiful deep, rich tones!
28 May 2008 9:39am
annora from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
woah those are really scary hands!a great idea.well composed as well.
28 May 2008 1:28pm
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Excellent title and photograph! Very well done.
28 May 2008 1:33pm
Persian King from Tehran, Iran
Beautiful, yet creepy, how did you do this? Let me guess! mirrored in Photoshop?
28 May 2008 7:20pm
@Persian King: Its just one photo on 35mm film, with very little PP. The model was my friend Steve, who has very long fingers. The tree is an ancient oak in Sherwood Forest (famous for Robin Hood), and was probably split by a bolt of lightning, or maybe the middle just gave way, leaving a huge space inside. Steve squeezed into the tree, and I directed him to stick his hands out like that. All I did in Photoshop was to increase the contrast, and sharpen the result.
pierre from athis mons, France
A great compo ! High technical quality and very good idea !
28 May 2008 7:21pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
Very expressive! Good art piece. And certainly very well executed technically.
28 May 2008 8:00pm
shahab from Qazvin, Iran
Wow..!Richard this is a stunning shot!Great idea man!Absolutely well done!
28 May 2008 8:57pm
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
You are right they are very scary hands. But well done. Great imagination. Enjoy your boat.
28 May 2008 9:15pm
@Marion: Thanks Marion. I have to take her (the boat that is) up the River Trent to the City of Nottingham, and I've been painting and varnishing the exterior and interior all last week. I'm just back at home for one night, to catch up and all that.
Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States
This is outstanding. Creepy and crawly and scary and good!
29 May 2008 12:56am
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Brilliant image. Wonderful contrast.
29 May 2008 12:04pm
mehdi from tehran, Iran
this is a fantastic photo. good to be as a poster on the wall.
31 May 2008 9:27am
