Thanks for the comments everyone. I'd just like to address a couple of them here:
- Alignment on cards was a little off because the cards were new and kept slipping. All my older decks were beaten up and dirty.
- Thumb was white from gripping for the same reason as above (i.e. cards kept slipping)...I had to hang on tight.
- Tried the picture without showing the thumb but, in my opinion, it didn't look as good.
- Title WAS a little obvious but looks like a couple of people didn't get it. In case you're one of the ones that didn't understand what it meant: You can't get much of a worse hand than this one but I'm betting on it anyways (i.e. sliding the chips into the betting pile) and trying to fool the opponent into thinking that I have a better hand than I do in hopes that they'll "fold" (i.e. quit and leave the winnings to me).
- Tried as hard as I could to get rid of the reflections but in order to light them as well as the betting pile I needed 2 lights. The first light had to be RIGHT OVER the camera otherwise I'd get heavy shadows on the thumb. I tried to diffuse the light with a pair of white track pants but it only partially worked.
- No one's holding the camera! :o I had it on a desktop tripod and used the timer after locking the focus and exposure. I had to slide my left arm under the tripod or else it looked like my hand was coming in too far from the left.
- The King and 4 ARE out of focus...once again, the cards were new so they were slipping. As I gripped tighter the cards started curving. Guess next time I should paperclip them together or something.
Great story here! Love how hard you're gripping your hand. Looks like the edge of the king and the R edge of the 4 are oof, and I'd like more light on the fg (slight color cast there, red or magenta?). Not an easy kind of image to pull off. Nice work.
love the stress on the card holding hand. The white tipped thumb shows just how much he is gripping the cards. Don't really understand what's going on in the background though (sorry 'bout that - it's probably really obvious). Good DOF
Very nicely done! I wonder if it would have been better without the thumb in the front. Although (he) is holding those cards pretty tight, I think I would have known he is bluffing....10
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