Hugged by the summer's coolant

    Concept:
    Hands can express the character and the mood of people. They are vital part for many portraits, as they add more power especially when the face is cropped or not shown.

    Story:
    A kid dancing on the beach with other people while listening to music. Taken in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. I went there for vacation with my friends in August '07. During post-processing, I felt an urge to make it an old film-like photo.
    Note: the summer's coolant = sea :P

    Technical view:
    Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L
    Shutter speed: 1/320 sec
    Aperture: f/5
    Focal Length: 170 mm
    ISO Speed: 100
    Double layers blended, changing the opacity in Photoshop.

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      .x. MR Mind .x. .., Rabsha, [Alreem], ₪ Rando0om Girl ₪ QTR, and 84 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. banoootah_qtr (57 months ago | reply)

      love the colors .. the composition and the focus ...

    3. BooDii (57 months ago | reply)

      Great

    4. Cheese Cake © [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      Graet tones

    5. .x. MR Mind .x. .. (57 months ago | reply)

      fav
      like it

    6. R.O Mania♥ (57 months ago | reply)

      Wow V. talented ! Well Captured !

    7. Meems* (57 months ago | reply)

      Loved the focus ;)!

    8. Gμмαяhμм kilhμм {Qtr Edition} [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      Lovely portrait
      FAV

    9. Adoodi. 12th of May 2009. 06;30pm [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      Nothing more than fav :) ..

    10. Awo0od@ / Aisha Al-A (57 months ago | reply)

      الصورة حلوة وايد اخوي

      تسلم ايدك احس تعبر عن سعادة الطفولة

      بس كنت اتمنى اشوف ويه الطفلة هذي اكيد مرسومة على شفتها ابتسامة ملاك

      موفق بروذر

    11. [Alreem] (57 months ago | reply)

      Lovelyyyy..
      Fav..

    12. ₪ Rando0om Girl ₪ QTR (57 months ago | reply)

      FAV

      Amazing pic wallah :D

    13. Dr. Bahraini ™ (57 months ago | reply)

      wonderful DOF .. When did u go to Egypt!!? like the shot

    14. [Miss DIOR] (57 months ago | reply)

      Raw3a !!
      FAV

    15. the Loft (57 months ago | reply)

      amazing shot yal semi, i liked the way the photo is desaturated a lil bit.
      check out my photos i want you to critisize my pics

    16. 3imiya_Ghaறazat & صغيرة_بس_خطيرة [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      such an awesome shot !

    17. AL.عafra ~ AD <3 ~ (57 months ago | reply)

      و الله ماعرف ابدي رايي في اي جزء من الصورة !

      بس الكلام يظلمها .. و السكوت الاقرب لها :)

    18. Eve™ [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      twny min shwy ga3dah ashoof alboom el3ayla " 3la ayam yady be;-gam3a" ;p
      nafs el9oora , bel-'9abe6
      el2lwan , w elgwda (Y)
      5a6ry terge3 el9wer b-helquality , te6el3 elpic 6abai3ia w 3afawia akther : ' \
      ABD3ET

    19. ĻiĻ Pië [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      lovelt tone

    20. Usually Blue (57 months ago | reply)

      Oh Abdullah, I like so much about this one. The girl's hands are so delightfully expressive. Her skin looks fabulous, heck the tones all throughout are just lovely. I like the subdued feel of the whole thing and the little dots of bokeh are a touch of icing on the cake.

    21. !!Deleted!! [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      great shot
      & am gonna miss the summer :(
      I like the idea
      keep it up ^_^

    22. Glamz™ (57 months ago | reply)

      aww that such a sweet shot ! :)
      love it... amazingly taken ...

    23. Rashed Al Ben Ali (57 months ago | reply)

      Excellent expression, and you got the old film look alright!

      Barak alah feek

    24. Heba AL-Jadaan (Heba _ photo) (57 months ago | reply)

      قواك الله ياعبدالله
      صوره مميزه بتعدليها
      حبيت التون هذا وايد ..والعزل بصوره زادها حلاوة

    25. Khalid AlHaqqan (57 months ago | reply)

      amazing isolation !!!

      what a great lens mashalla ..

      beautiful editing :)

      well done

    26. serhio (57 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic shot!

    27. × Noir Lady × (57 months ago | reply)

      .. الصوره فيها حيااه
      وانا اشوف الصوره حسيت بفرحه هالبنت
      صج وحشنا الصيف والبحر :*(

      يعطيك العافيه

    28. ∂-şα3ood-» 2899A9B6 (57 months ago | reply)

      waaaaaw

      i loved it

      ; [)

    29. sgcallaway1994 (57 months ago | reply)

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    30. Mark Songhurst [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      Nice. What blending mode did you use?

    31. YaserQ8 (57 months ago | reply)

      Love the color and the contrast. Great depth of field effect.

    32. mahooya (57 months ago | reply)

      the beauty of this picture is this littel cute girl hand expression

    33. ~Lubna~ (57 months ago | reply)

      Superb!! Well done mate!

    34. Gangoos (56 months ago | reply)

      LUV IT !!!! ... i feel the spirit ^_^ .. nice tones !

    35. Fog Hatha El-7o0b™ فــمــان الله [deleted] (56 months ago | reply)

      Great shot Mashalla .. FAV

    36. DalPrince (56 months ago | reply)

      amazing shot

    37. Đя. ρяiήcєss (49 months ago | reply)

      i dnt know wht to say xD
      am speechless
      amazing shot :D

    38. Fairylanddust (48 months ago | reply)

      Hi,

      Can I use your picture to display it as 'Picture of the Month' on our website?
      It's the schoolwebsite and it's in dutch
      Of course I'll link back to your flickr.

      Please let me hear from you soon

      Greetz

    39. Metal~Axiz™ (48 months ago | reply)

      Thanks bro!! I learned a few important things from this picture.

    40. Adagio_Art (47 months ago | reply)

      amazing shot

    41. ZooN* (47 months ago | reply)

      thats how we can feel the summer ..
      great shot ..

    42. xalamay (47 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful!!

      HFP I
      I'm an admin for a group called 'Happy Fun Photos'!
      We'd love to have this photo added to our group!

    43. { sara .. k.s.a (45 months ago | reply)

      niiice !!
      ma sha allah ^_^

    44. Move It Along Ppl (45 months ago | reply)

      mash'Allah

      binta jamilah

      beautiful skin

    45. safeeda (41 months ago | reply)

      حلو الفوكس لكن السؤال
      هل استأذنت من الموديل؟
      :)

    46. koala0katia (39 months ago | reply)

      great

    47. Bent Bahar (",) Check out my Photostream (37 months ago | reply)

      love it *-*

    48. Messi.82™QTR (36 months ago | reply)

      Raw3aaaa
      mashalllllah
      FAV...

    49. Maine Surfer (25 months ago | reply)

      a lonely beduin boy

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