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Challenge: Textures IV (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Private Studio, Williamstown, MA
Date: Apr 1, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2006

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Black polished stones in palm, coated hand in elmer's glue and then stuck it inside a bag of white pp resin chips, used remote with cam on tripod, one 250 watt boom above for light. Took a few shots to get hand in right position, one shot after that.

Post challenge: well it seems that some were bothered that the pinky doesn't show at first glance. I thought that gave this a bit more of a unique look. Oh well...thanks for the comments and votes.

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Place: 101 out of 311
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Avg (commenters): 6.2857
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Views since voting: 777
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 130
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/12/2006 04:48:11 AM
Great idea with wonderful textures! I find it a little troubling that you have chosen a composition where it looks like the hand only has 4 fingers! Now go take a shower...
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 04/10/2006 01:48:37 PM
Well those are some textures. what on earth is the thing in the palm?
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 04/09/2006 02:45:47 PM
what's the black stuff?? Very creative.
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 04/07/2006 06:05:47 PM
great image, very unique
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 04/07/2006 12:02:47 PM
ummm, It looks like there's something missing. At least one anyway. Great shot though.
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 04/07/2006 11:36:29 AM
This is weird. I can't figure out what the black, shiny blob in the palm is. The missing digit really makes this odd. At first glance I thought this was a baseball glove. It's a very good capture of texture, I'll give you that. :D Very good lighting. I just don't relate to the asthetic (and I've been missing 1/4" of my right middle finger since I was 6 :D).
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 04/07/2006 02:53:55 AM
true to the challenge... great capture. so natural.....NOT but good effort.
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 04/07/2006 02:40:14 AM
Clever, and messy, but good.....
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 04/07/2006 12:43:35 AM
Okay.. well this does fit well into "texture" but... I'm kind of curious - there's a finger missing, and I can't quite figure out the black thing? Will come back and stare some more later. :)
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