you may have been able to get some of the detail in the hand back on photoshop cs2 by going to shadows/highlights(im not sure how to do it in other programs)
I don't get the connection to hate. I don't understand the wetness, what it is, or where is came from. From a technical POV, the crop is a bit awkward the way the head is cut and the skin on the right is blown out. 5