Worry
by espy2

Comment:
very nice textures, the slackening of skin in both hands and face is well rendered here. I don't think the title helps you because I see less fretting than deliberation in his face, and your title tells me something I don't see. Great DOF and the slide of tones across the frame really centers the eye on the facial features and the hamds. Is this John's? It has his quality, ought to ribbon.

Laced
by IndigoButterfly

Comment:
The base of the thumb in the upper left corner is distracting and out of focus. The rest of the frame is amazing. Just perfect postprocessing to get all these tones and textures. top ten. bumping up on review of the whole lot.

Silent Not Silenced
by mosall

Comment:
Dark and brooding by desing, but I wish there was just a bit more in the highlights, still it looks like Julia M. Cameron might have done this shot, at least in the mood and tones.

S P I N
by bonnett

Comment:
good composition and great tones on the B&W conversion, but the backround is not helping the overall image of focued concentration.

Healing Hands
by jadkpics

Comment:
best so far. The subject matter may put people off, but if you can get around that, with the exception of the slightly soft focus of the gloved hand in the foreground, the framing and processing are perfect.

Trapeze
by graphicfunk

Comment:
The tree in the backround is distracting, the colors seem oversaturated and the textures suffer from too much USM, but I like the framing and subject, but the pink-red skin against the electric blue of the sky dosen't do the shot justice.

Learning the craft from daddy
by Kelli

Comment:
the hammer dominates the frame, the man's hands fade into the backround. Those are my complaints. the positives are the way you lead the eye in from the corners and a very nice idea. more care witht he setup and lighting is neede to make the shot as good as the idea.

I'm This Many
by DannyM

Comment:
Nice portrait, good colors and framing, but for the hand challenge, the hand has to be in focus, if not the primary focus. This may cause you to do more poorly in this challenge, but it made for a better portrait.

The Hands of Love
by cliffj

Comment:
The focus is to narrow and too forward here, everything from her ring back is OOF. Also the lighting is pretty harsh, a bounce source over to the right, even someting as simple a a sheet of white paper would provide modleing and smooth out the exposure. I like what I can see here, I just wish I could make out more of it.

Sketch
by holdingtime

Comment:
good take on a very tough idea, but the post processing to mke it look more pencil sketch like doesn't work, I just mkes the work look like a poorly processd photograph, especially across the knuckles. E for effort.