Since the hand picture is mine, I can tell you exactly how it was done. I used black felt in the background. Then the light was placed so the felt was also in the shadows. Then I spot metered for the hands. Usually this works ok, but sometimes you can see a sheen on the felt in the background. Most of the time that can be corrected in Photoshop by adjusting the contrast and/or levels. I've also used the shadows of a big empty room to achieve the same results like in my "Under Pressure" picture. Be careful though, it may look black on your monitor but gray on another monitor. I found that out on my "Sunflower" picture. I recommend bumping up the brightness on the monitor to double check the results.
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