If that is a hand then what we thought was his left arm must be a kit bag or rucksack therefore. I honestly can't say for sure and so await others comments. Thanks for posting this.
it doesn't look like his hand, the blown up pic seems to show Abby with eyes closed behind him it even shows her mouth slightly open and the coloring matches hers., and it resembles her, am I crazy? IOW, IMO it's Abby's dangling hand, btw, her jacket color is similar to his. Not sure how much she weighed but she seemed slight.
imaging experts, if someone is slightly hunched over, how 2 dimensional would that look, and could hunching over make his pants look longer?
I know I keep talking about the Mickey Shunick case, but people on there gradually got to the point you're at,
Shiressleuth they added light in or something like you all are doing and the shape of her lit up bicycle wheels popped out. I am probably going to get in trouble for not posting links to this photoshopping by Websleuths, but I believe it spreads through several hundred posts.
Whatever you did to this photo, IMO, you seemed to have recaptured the image from surrounding light? I am so dumb.
edited to ask, has this photo image been superimposed? are we looking at two photos. What I am seeing does not show up on any other photos.