Comment from Valerio Marques
Really imaginative and perfectly executed. Well done. I wonder if you shouldn't have done the fist in grey as well, but that's your artistic freedom, of course. I like it anyway.

 Comment Written 25-Jan-2005

Comment from goldilocks
Very clever indeed. Far to advanced for me! I think this is funny LOL and very creative. I love the black and white hand and the coloured one, you have put a lot of thought and work into creating a great piece of work.

 Comment Written 25-Jan-2005

Comment from Hollie
Wow Brian , You are amazing ! I could never do that , I can't hardly do the simple stuff LOL. I cant say enough about this. It deserves a trillion stars for all the work and talent you put into this! Awesome job. :0)

 Comment Written 24-Jan-2005

Comment from benpicjoy
It seems quite amazing Brian how you put this together. The results are simply outstanding. The overall total effect related to the title theme 'heavy handed' is quite special. Thanks for sharing the instructions. You should get paid for this!

 Comment Written 24-Jan-2005

Comment from mulliganpictorial
Excellent work. Seamless image. I particularly like the different colrs, of the fists. I separates the image nicely. Good job!

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2005

Comment from Msteely
How good this is. I know you spent a lot of time on this. It looks so real. Not fixed at all. I like the use of the black and white hand with the color hand. There are so many dimensions to this picture. Really neat work!!!!

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2005

Comment from saulstudios
This is hysterical! Have no idea what you mean by your notes, as I do not have photoshop, but I can appreciate the work involved to accomplish this. My kids would crack up. Pretty cool effect, and very creative. Thanks for sharing!

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2005

Comment from Vilma
I think they should give you an award for creativity. Outstanding! These hand-men/people/persons (whatever!) look so real. Scary looking fellow (the one in color). Very different! Great job!

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2005

Comment from flash1290.(Sim)
This is a strange but very interesting piece of work for an Amateur!!!!You have described in detail how you achieved this and me being thick as far as digital is concerned,has blown my mind completely.I think this is an astonishing example of technology on your part.Very well done.

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2005

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reply by the author on 23-Jan-2005

Thanks you very much. I have no formal training in photography or digital editing, apart from a one day "Advanced Photoshop techniques" workshop I attended on invitation by the military photo imagery cell on my last base. The fellow in charge of the cell thought that I being an infantry soldier, showed more interest in the digital editing than the men who worked for him, so he let me attend to shame them into working harder he said. Grin, turns out I pretty well had taught myself, through many hours of trial and error, many of the techniques they showed us, and spent much of the workshop time assisting the instructors with one on one. In the end, they refunded my fee for the workshop.
I've been addicted to Photoshop since version 3, and spend about four hours a night playing with it, reading online tutorials, and experimenting with my own photos. I think I've really come a long way in the past two years especially, as I'm getting more positive than negative feed back on my work now.
Thanks again for your gracious comments.
Brian

Comment from LowRider
Super creation Brian!! Man, what an ordeal to go through! This is so creative and unique, the black background really makes this on pop!!

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2005