Just noticed, of the top 20 in Pieces of the Human Form, 11 feature hands as the subject:
2,3,10,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20...
And the trend seems to continue a ways past top-20... I guess the average voter thinks hands are more piece-like than parts of faces, for example? They certainly beat feet, though of course four feet won outright :-)
Well, yeah, but we already knew that landscapes and critters appeal to people in free studies, we have had that proven time and time again. I just thought it was interesting that hands were so dominant in the top entries in "human form". I haven't done a check to find out what percentage of the *entries* had hands as a subject, however :-) Maybe it's not just half the winners, but also half the entries? I donno...
Like I said, I just thought it was interesting. Certainly any number of them are conscious perpetuations of the classic "cupped hands" theme, which is a proven winner hereabouts, but even beyond that everyone has access to hands, they are inherently interesting, they are infinitely posable, and so forth and so on, so I guess it makes perfect sense :-)
Landscape entries dominate the FS, so can we assume that landscape photographers dominate the voting? And if you subtract landscapes, people, and animals from the FS, not much is left.
Well, yeah, but we already knew that landscapes and critters appeal to people in free studies, we have had that proven time and time again. I just thought it was interesting that hands were so dominant in the top entries in "human form". I haven't done a check to find out what percentage of the *entries* had hands as a subject, however :-) Maybe it's not just half the winners, but also half the entries? I donno...
Like I said, I just thought it was interesting. Certainly any number of them are conscious perpetuations of the classic "cupped hands" theme, which is a proven winner hereabouts, but even beyond that everyone has access to hands, they are inherently interesting, they are infinitely posable, and so forth and so on, so I guess it makes perfect sense :-)
R.
tried doing the classic cupped hands but a little different. Didn't work.
