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Holding the Future
Holding the Future
karmat


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Mother (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Black and White
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Canton, NC
Date: Jan 1, 2006
Aperture: unk
ISO: unk
Shutter: unk
Galleries: Family, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2006

The big hand is mine. The little hand is my 10 month old daughter.

Post Processing --

Selected hands, inverted selection, evened out background.

Adjusted to bw by using channel mixer (I think?).

This is one of those shots that means a lot to me, and I really don't care about the score. ;)

Also my first entry with my "new" camera.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 125
Avg (all users): 6.4184
Avg (commenters): 7.3750
Avg (participants): 6.2703
Avg (non-participants): 6.4712
Views since voting: 1295
Views during voting: 440
Votes: 282
Comments: 32
Favorites: 5 (view)


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03/18/2008 06:09:30 AM
What a great photo. This is a timeless classic.
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09/23/2006 02:34:38 AM
Your portfolio is very interesting !
I have chose this one because it's very emotive , I'd love to have grandchildren and feel what you capture but Mambe can't have babies ...
Beautiful photo !

(This is a translation of the comments made by my mother , thanks for your kind words for her)
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01/22/2006 01:21:43 PM
This is an excellent shot. I love the cropping and isolation of the hands, as well as the black/white look. It does appear to have a slight color tone to it that I think works well also.
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01/08/2006 07:41:21 PM
Sweet and tender... Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2006 06:43:52 PM
very well done!!! i love it against the black background and the softness of the skin!! should do very well, surely top 10
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01/08/2006 06:38:23 PM
I love this picture. My only comment would be to show a bit of the baby's nails too, because it looks like a foot in the thumbnail. Otherwise, I think this will do well. Great focus, lighting, compostion and contrast.
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01/08/2006 05:42:11 PM
precious capture, good crop, nice posing, lighting, and B&W - good job :)
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01/08/2006 05:23:10 AM
Real nice simple statement. nice even lighting. I like it. 8
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01/08/2006 04:16:07 AM
Little hands so innocent
Little joys heaven sent
Little minds to mature
Little times holding the future

Awesome shot 9
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01/06/2006 01:49:42 PM
That little hand holding on to mom's hand is soooooooooo sweet, sweet, sweeet. Wonderful composition.What a Beautiful image for this challenge!
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01/05/2006 07:46:29 PM
Sweet and protective and so, so touching. Bumping up.
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01/05/2006 02:44:54 PM
aw... I'm taking a photo just like this one when I get home from work... I'd hate to let my baby grow up and not have a memory as sweet as this.
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01/05/2006 01:58:38 PM
Simple and elegant. B/w treatment works well here. I can't think of anything to say to improve it.
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01/05/2006 02:58:13 AM
Lovely, it's such a typical and close thing to do with a baby. It's such a warm concept that some more warmth in the skintones may have helped it even more.
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01/04/2006 02:19:04 PM
Cute composition. Aren't baby hands wonderful? In the end, though, there isn't quite enough to look at. I lose interest after a little bit. 6
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01/04/2006 05:14:52 AM
good idea
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01/03/2006 05:05:05 PM
Very nice composition! Good choice of subject matter. Nice image quality. Has potential of being really creative. - 6
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01/03/2006 04:41:44 PM
Gotta love those little hands! Precious.
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01/03/2006 03:51:39 PM
Very nice photo
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01/03/2006 03:33:39 PM
WOW
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01/03/2006 12:53:15 PM
Beautiful :)
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01/03/2006 11:08:50 AM
Precious! Nice use of space!
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01/03/2006 03:49:23 AM
Nice shot! :)
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01/03/2006 12:55:46 AM
Simple and adorable. The black and white is perfect for this.
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01/03/2006 12:32:14 AM
This is what love and mothering is all about, quite an emotional image.....
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01/02/2006 09:02:27 PM
Great concept. I like the composition as well...
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01/02/2006 05:16:14 PM
Sweet photo, I love the imagery and reminds me of one of my photos called Generations.
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01/02/2006 01:54:20 PM
How awesome! I took one like that of my neice, but she was squirming and it didn't turn out nearly this sharp and pretty! Great job. 10
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01/02/2006 07:12:33 AM
lovely image for Mother great skin tone and composition. This shot should do very well congrats
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01/01/2006 10:52:26 PM
Great!
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01/01/2006 07:46:14 PM
great skin tones
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01/01/2006 07:42:57 PM
Awwwwww. Seriously though, you really should arm-wrestle someone your own size. ;-)
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