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I have just picked up a small job that requires me to take photos of an injury. A kid got his fingers trapped in a car door and I need to take the shots for the solicitors claim. It sounds pretty straight forward with no artistic input required but just wondering if anyone has suggestions. My thoughts so far are to use a white background and lighting. A few different angles. Some showing both hands which shows the difference and a couple of macro shots to show it in detail. Maybe some without a background too just in the house. Any further thoughts or experiences are appreciated.
 
Use the simplest lighting you can. Set white balance before shooting and do no PP whatsoever. The images must not be enhanced.
 
Only other thing I could think of is perhaps a rule to show the size of the wound?
 
The shots need to be very "dead pan" i.e. don't put the hand on a table and shoot it a couple of feet away at an angle - you need to be shooting straight down. In that way, you wont exaggerate anything with your choice of shooting angle
 
Yeah those are all good points. I'm probably best shooting raw and jpeg then. Using the jpeg but keeping the raw to show that nothing has been done to it. Would you use the white background then or just on a table? I might just do both to be on the safe side.
 
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A piece of white or black card under the hand, actually both to give the legals a choice.

The reason for not messing with the images, if you hadn't been advised, is that they could end up being used as evidence in court and you don't want the other side saying they have been manipulated, which would leave you up a creek etc.
 
I've been involved in a child abuse case and the Dr took pictures under a UV light to show bruises that you couldnt see with the naked eye..

Maybe worth taking LOTS
 
if its as bad as my mates finger after he went through it with a skill saw he will be in for a few bob

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That needs a warning. Got the shock of me life, lol.
 
Ewwwwwww! I'm trying to think its just jam.... but it isn't. Well lit though :thumbs: Pity there isn't a severed finger smiley... :coat:
 
bigave said:
if its as bad as my mates finger after he went through it with a skill saw he will be in for a few bob

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Tell your mate he needs to take more care of his nails :rules:
 
Woah! Just checked and my thread seems a whole lot more interesting than when I left it!
 
he kept his finger and they have done a good job of fixing it, next time i see him in the pub il get a pic of it to compare
 
bigave said:
he kept his finger and they have done a good job of fixing it, next time i see him in the pub il get a pic of it to compare
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Before and after would be good. Perhaps a photo of the surgeon in the middle
 
SimonTALM said:
Is this real:
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My thoughts too - the blood doesnt look right , if you severed a finger like that it would be spurting out , not just trickling , plus you'd expect the tip to be white from interupted blood flow [/ cynicism]

(on the other hand if it is real i reckon NTSW stands for 'not sensible to wait' )

those who find this disturbing would be wise not to check out any woodwork forums - i'm a member of several and have seen some interesting fingers met router/planer/tablesaw shots - plus one of a bloke who really should have had a chainbreak on his chainsaw
 
bigave said:
if its as bad as my mates finger after he went through it with a skill saw he will be in for a few bob
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Is that saw named ironically?



I've seen a few pics of hands where the owner was attempting to lube a motorcycle chain by putting the bike on its centre stand and then popping it in gear with the engine running. I don't think anyone needs an image to realise that's a bad idea. :)
 
Strappy said:
I've seen a few pics of hands where the owner was attempting to lube a motorcycle chain by putting the bike on its centre stand and then popping it in gear with the engine running. I don't think anyone needs an image to realise that's a bad idea. :)
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thats how i lube mine :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

all fingers present and correct:thumbs:
 
big soft moose said:
My thoughts too - the blood doesnt look right , if you severed a finger like that it would be spurting out , not just trickling , plus you'd expect the tip to be white from interupted blood flow [/ cynicism]
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My knowledge of surgical anatomy is more confined to the foot but the absence of a major artery would preclude the spurting of blood in such a wound although the initial flow could be described as gushing.

The appearance of the blood is dark and looks as though some clotting has started so some time has probably elapsed since the trauma occurred.

The finger tip is still being nourished by blood delivered by vessels in untraumatised parts of the finger.
 
Not quite as gory but I was setting the disc brakes on a push bike - spinning the wheel and adjusting the caliper until there wasn't any pad rub. For those of you intimate with push bike brakes, the caliper runs about 5mm away from the spokes. I caught my middle finger in the spokes and they took it around harmlessly until the rest of my hand hit the back of the forks :D Cue lots of swearing and jumping around. On the way to the hospital I'd resigned to losing the tip of my finger but after an hour or so of surgery all is back as it should be bar a slightly wonky nail which is slowly growing back:

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It was very weird taking the second photo. My brain was going "WOAH COOL MAN YOUR FINGER'S FLOPPING AROUND" while my stomach was going "No. Just no. NO NO NO NO NO"
 
Ohhh, I've been a bike mechanic for 15 years and that tops (see what I did) anything that I have done by far. Hope you are OK now.
 
Nuffles said:
It was very weird taking the second photo. My brain was going "WOAH COOL MAN YOUR FINGER'S FLOPPING AROUND" while my stomach was going "No. Just no. NO NO NO NO NO"
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I know that exact feeling, this is the result of jamming my index finger between two full 45gallon drums

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Since OP is about a child - please try and get something near it for indication of size . You need photos straight down on it and also from the side - as many as you can get without causing distress for the child.

If the child is OK about this once you have straight and lateral pics you can take as many as you want from different angles - to show the extent of the damage.

If you get the chance, you need them done several times at daily intervals and certainly again, once child has been discharged from treatment . Each set of photos must be done at exactly angles as the beginning ones .
 
Most. Gross. Thread. Ever.

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*Goes off to find somebody squeamish to send the link to*
 
i just chipped an eyelash this morning... but i couldn't bring myself to get a picture... i was just beside myself with worry :eek:
 
DigitalRelish said:
Most. Gross. Thread. Ever.

:gag:

*Goes off to find somebody squeamish to send the link to*
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Ha ha. I didn't realise I would unleash the contents of Pandora's box with a seemingly innocuous question. Thanks everyone for the help and also the entertainment.
 
What about refusing to take the pics at all?
Bloody claim culture thats developed over the years is a disgrace
Jeez---when i think of how many knocks i took growing up in the 1970's and never even sniffed or thought about a claim!!(or my parents!)
The world has gone mad!!!!
 
Radiovic said:
What about refusing to take the pics at all?
Bloody claim culture thats developed over the years is a disgrace
Jeez---when i think of how many knocks i took growing up in the 1970's and never even sniffed or thought about a claim!!(or my parents!)
The world has gone mad!!!!
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Interesting choice for your first post. Did you sign up just to say that by any chance. LOL
Not knowing the particulars I can't comment on the merit of the claim. Either way I am being paid to take photos, what they do with them is up to them.
 
Radiovic said:
What about refusing to take the pics at all?
Bloody claim culture thats developed over the years is a disgrace
Jeez---when i think of how many knocks i took growing up in the 1970's and never even sniffed or thought about a claim!!(or my parents!)
The world has gone mad!!!!
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The bike shop I was doing a bit of work for (I sometimes put a few hours in every couple of months when they have a backlog of bikes to build as they know I know my way around bikes) when I munched my finger open in spokes was a little worried I'd file some sort of claim. I'm not sure what I'd file it under though.. I'm trying to figure out just how I could twist my own lack of concentration to become their fault? :lol:

The manager (who I've known for years) seemed very relieved when I reassured him that I considered it a result of my own stupidity and that nothing more would be said.
 
Nuffles said:
I'm trying to figure out just how I could twist my own lack of concentration to become their fault? :lol:
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clearly you'd have a case - its their responsibility because they didnt put up a warning sign telling you not to munch your finger open in spokes/ failed to provide you with adequate training in how not to munch your fingers/ were negligent in hiring someone stupid enough to munch their fingers in the spokes in the first place :lol: :nuts:

mind you although we laugh there was that woman who succesfully sued macdonalds (I think) after tripping over her own child , and the other one who sued because she scalded herself with coffee and they hadnt warned that it would be hot. :shrug:

I was also once a witness (for the landowner) in a case where someone walked out onto thin ice , fell through it, and nearly died - despite the landowner having errected a sign saying "warning - thin ice" - the substance of the claim was that the sign didnt give a specific hazard (ie that it should have said "warning thin ice, if you walk on it you'll fall through and potentially drown") - the claimant lost but defending the claim cost over £10K and the landowner didnt recover all of it. :bang:
 
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