Life
by elsapo

Comment:
Good to see you can make lovely shots without using all you PS chops. I like what you do in post processing, you have created a look that is pretty distinctive, and this is not it. It is sort of like a rock guitarist doing an acoustic set, nice in and of itself, and a nice display of range.

Refresh
by JulieG

Comment:
Congratulations on the red. I have to disagree with your comments above about wishing the water could have been more frozen in it's movment. I think the fact that the hands are more static makes them the focal point, if the water had not been slightly blurred, all those wonderfull colors and patterns in the water would have taken the focus away from the hands, it would have been a shot of water pouring over hands rather than a shot of hands in a stream of water. A subtle point I am making badly. Restated, this good, me like, more better this way.

Feeling safe
by Anastasia

Comment:
Just a lovely shot, what more are hands and arms for?

Where worlds colide
by Grahve

Comment:
wow! I didn't vote this challenge but this is a beauty. The subtle tonal shifts are beautifuly handled.

Indian Mehndi
by ARMY_DOC

Comment:
Lovely colors and forms, but the focus seems to be at the back of the frame, giving the hands a waxy look.

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.

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by grigrigirl

Comment:
this is lovely. the falling focal plane, the intimate framing. nice to see you posting again.