Black and white, ain't no more contrast than that. Actually colored the black on the paper with a stinky marker and got a headache lol.
Post Processing:
-Convert from Raw after bumping up shadows a bit
-Levels
-History brush to return the natural color of the hand
-Resize
-Sharpen
-Submit
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This is an interesting shot, you are right, Black and White, nothing more contrasting than that. :)
I like the idea, the fact that you colored it yourself and stayed inside the lines! I could never do that, LOL :)
The lines work well but the hand at the top is a bit much. You want the marker and the fingers but I used my magic envelope and cropped it just below the white area on the marker and it really brought the attention back to the black and white area. The lighting is a bit flat, maybe a slight adjustment on that to really make it pop?
Not terribly interesting and the lighting's pretty flat. If you could alter the lighting somewhat an maybe have the camera at a flatter angle I think it would've helped.