Chinese coal miner working in pit

Chinese coal miner waiting for a blast in mine.....it was scarey down

there...i was more scared than him though. Great experience. Comments

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This is a great capture but the face and forearms come across to me as having been over Photoshopped. Did you make adjustments to his skin?

I have seen quite many photos from rather interesting places in the world, but this rates propably to the top three positions... At least on the danger level-metering. This is very good documentary photo. The expression on his face and on his body, is petrified. I assume, that you have had to work on the levels adjustements on his skin - or is is bleaked, because of so little sun and also dust covered?

yep, the guy was pretty scared. A lot of people have been killed in the mine blasting. I was just there to look for fossils. Had no idea they were blasting that day. Scared the living ***** out of me. Yep...skin tones.........was dark down there, so used a flash, and tried to recreate the original lighting conditions in PS.

 

Thanks for the comments

Fabian, do you have more photos from this shooting? It would be really fascinating to see more of them. Was it very moist place? Please, dont be offended, but why do his hands and sleeves shine like plastic? :-)

Not sure.....as i said , was trying to recreate the lighting in the mine. Used Photoshop 6, render lighting effects .....maybe the settings were wrong, not sure.........I only took a few photos there, I was more focused on finding fossils, but will upload some more

This is a fantastic shot! Well worth the risk! Scared, you must have been judging by the look on his face but you managed to hold the camera steady,lol. Thanks for stopping by an commenting on my photos.