Challenge 23 "Happysnappy" Time

happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
edited October 17, 2004 in The Dgrin Challenges
I visited my friends 90 year old grandma, and took some photos of her hands...

Tea Time:
(any suggestions welcome)
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  • happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    hands of time
    hands of time.. lifetime of memories???

    Any thoughts???
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  • happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    sepier?
    ??

    I think this one is my fav...
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  • happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    or colour
    I am not too sure of these so would welcome and thoughts or comments..
    Thanks guys!!!

    Happy!!
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  • DJ-S1DJ-S1 Registered Users Posts: 2,303 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    The first one is my favorite. Good idea for the challenge!
  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    happysnapper wrote:
    hands of time.. lifetime of memories???

    Any thoughts???
    The ring really adds to the image. Maybe you can play with cropping or colors or... but I think this one has huge potential and it is already quite nice.

    Meanwhile here is a crop from the BW cup shot:
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  • ishish Registered Users Posts: 70 Big grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    happysnapper wrote:
    hands of time.. lifetime of memories???

    Any thoughts???


    This is my favorite and wow what a shot it is!!! Perfect for the theme~~ :)
  • SandySandy Registered Users Posts: 762 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    #2 Hands of Time is my favorite, I also really like #1, but I would probably clone out the white line on the right of the tea cup.
  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    Beautiful!
    happysnapper wrote:
    I am not too sure of these so would welcome and thoughts or comments..
    Thanks guys!!!

    Happy!!
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    Right on point. I was waiting for someone to do these hands. :D I like the one with the tea cup the best, in color. The reason why is, it feels like it has more real life. The color ads life and having the hands doing something ads context. The black and white one with the wedding band is nice too. Great texture there, but I still lean toward more "life" - color, doing something. Does she knit? Knitting needles would be good too. Nice work. nod.gif
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  • lynnesitelynnesite Registered Users Posts: 747 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    snapapple wrote:
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    Right on point. I was waiting for someone to do these hands. :D I like the one with the tea cup the best, in color. The reason why is, it feels like it has more real life. The color ads life and having the hands doing something ads context. The black and white one with the wedding band is nice too. Great texture there, but I still lean toward more "life" - color, doing something. Does she knit? Knitting needles would be good too. Nice work. nod.gif

    I agree with Snappy, the "life" in the first one with the cup is best. Nice handling of the tones. I didn't like the sepia version, made her skin look like a lizard's! ne_nau.gif
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  • Head in the CloudsHead in the Clouds Registered Users Posts: 376 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    Hi Happy!
    These are lovely!
    My favorite is the b/w with the wedding ring - would also look nice in sepia to bring out the colour of the ring? just a thought.
    You've given the the idea to go and (finally) visit my grandmother and take my daughter with me, maybe do a oldhand/newhand kind of thing !?ne_nau.gif just wether i'll get to it before the challenge ends or anyone beats me to it!
    great shots though! very worthy of entry! (and its not a clock!!!!rolleyes1.gif )
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  • happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    Thanks for all the comments - I really appreciate your thoughts.... and ideas... I will work on the theme a bit more today.

    I did take soime more shots, and have added for any other comments..
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  • happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    Aussiekate, I did take some photos of my friends hand and her grandmas hand together.... (although I think it would have a greater feel with a childs hands etc)...
    attached for your interest (and comments)
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  • happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2004
    the subjects face....
    I just love Grannies!
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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2004
    Tea time
    I like the BW with the teacup a lot.
    The structure of the skin is so delicate, what a nice shot this is.
    I like the composition a lot, I saw the remark about the right white border, I suppose you could clone it out, but it does not really bug me.
    So far, this must be my favorite of all the time entries at this point.
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  • digismiledigismile Registered Users Posts: 955 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2004
    For whatever reason, the sepia just doesn't do it for me for this kind of shot. I like B/W effect a lot (this is coming from someone who regularly chooses colour over B/W! :D )

    Is it possible to lower the contrast? I guess the high contrast does accentuate the age of the skin. More midtones might soften the look but still show the aged texture of the hands/skin.

    Nice shots,
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