Passion
by andreis

Comment:
i think there needs to be more focus on the hand itself here. it's somewhat marginalized on the edge of the image.

Touch of Faith
by abhra

Comment:
this is a great image. not the sharpest focus, but i love the composition which extends from upper right corner directionally towards lower left. some sort of a border may have helped with framing, though.

Non-Idle Hands
by awpollard

Comment:
ahhh i had written a long set of comments here that didn't get submitted when i voted. i'll try to summarize, don't take brevity to be an insult, please, just don't feel like typing it all out again:
1) a shorter exposure would've been better, would've made the seconds hand look more "jittery" and reduced blur on the minute hand
2) the lighting should probably be reversed so you're highlighting the hands on the clock and reducing the flatness of the lighting there.
3) slight clockwise (no horrible pun intended) rotation of the image because it feels tilted right now.
4) i know you're probably getting hammered with "does not meet challenge" stuff right now and i admit that has affected my score slightly, but i made the above comments as generic technical suggestions to improve the image itself rather than its "appropriateness" for the challenge.

A Mother's Touch
by docurrie

Comment:
a beautiful moment. i only have a couple suggestions. the first is that the surface (is that a cloth of some type?) in the lower right detracts a bit from the rest of the image, and the emphasis seems to be less on the hands than the expressions (which is only a problem because of what the challenge is).

The Hand of Time
by kashi

Comment:
i like the idea on this one a lot. there have been a lot of clock "hands" in this challenge so far. black background is definitely a good idea here, but the image would benefit from removal of lint/etc. to the best of your abilities (edit: not by spot editing, er, i mean brushing them off if possible). lots of bits of dust, hairs, and such are glowing on the left side of the image and it detracts somewhat. hair near the blade (pinky side) of th ehand is also lit up and a bit distracting. i'm not suggesting you pluck those hairs out or anything but maybe a different angle for the light would solve that problem. otherwise good job. -6-

Brotherly Love
by Dirt_Diver

Comment:
i like the almost heart shape this has formed. some suggestions that i'm sure you're going to get barraged with, but i'll say them anyway:
1) ah! gotta get rid of that date stamp. "March 17 2006" is intruding upon your composition!
2) for most purposes on this website bigger is better. the size on this was perhaps a bit too conservative.
3) ignoring the date stamp, the weakest element of the photo, I think, is the background. your subject is obviously the hands holding one another, so a background with minimized contrast/busyness would be best. in the case of this photo you have the grass (which isn't a horrible background) giving way to a very bright sky. the result is that the sky looks washed out and "glows" while the subject becomes dim and loses contrast. this is a good idea for a photo, but definitely a more solid, consistent background would be a good idea, because it'll bring out the subject better.

The Hand of God
by The Resplendent Snippycat

Comment:
i like the concept but some things that might help improve this:
the lighting is too dark. i agree a dark background is probably ideal for the theme of this photo, but "God's" hand should be illuminate at least. also, i know you might be limited by available materials by a glob with writing on it and clear dilineations of state size, along with regional color-coding, makes it a bit less believable. i know there are globes available without political information that would seem more appropriate for a whole "hand of god descending on earth" feel. just some thoughts

Portrait
by stare_at_the_sun

Comment:
this is an interesting photo. I think the thumb distracts slightly from the composition, as does the one very bright pixel on (your) left eye. i think i might have liked to see this photo with slightly less sharp lighting, i.e. a bit more light filling (your) left side, and maybe a tighter crop that removes the arm from the bracelet down (though to get a clean crop you'd probably have to adjust your arm so it was parallel to your shoulders). clever concept, though.

my skin fits like a glove
by Simonkasprzak

Comment:
something about this image makes my skin crawl haha. i might have had a hard time telling what it was if this wasn't the hands challenge. i like the dark streak moving from just above the wrist towards what i'm assuming is the blade (pinky side) of the hand. one improvement maybe would be to have reduced highlights on the lower wrist/forearm area to brin gout that dark trail more. it's the most captivating part of the image.

BLACK OR WHITE
by IsabellSchatz

Comment:
bigger would be better but lovely silhouette and the highlights on it are nie too