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Challenge: Love II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Feb 17, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Black and White, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 19, 2007

 One of my friends recently told me that she thinks that holding hands is the only action left that truly means you love someone. That may be a little extreme, but I do agree that there is something very special about holding hands, especially as the first butterfly-in-the-stomach step beyond friendship. This photo isn't technically the best; I had some trouble with lighting, but I sort of like how it seems as if the hands are emerging from the dark...as if there is a lot more going on beyond our view of just the entwined hands.

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Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
02/24/2007 11:51:02 AM
I like the idea now, but when I first looked at the photo, I had to really look to see that the hands were from two different people. It might have worked better if the hands were more different.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/22/2007 04:59:14 PM
I think when first looking at this photo, it portrays hope to me more than love... looks like a person praying. But I'm guessing that the hands belong to two different people, and you're portraying the beginning of a romance (hence the title)? If that is the case, perhaps a bit of editing would help to bring out the slightly different skin tones of these two hands, to show that it is indeed two different people.
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Canon EOS-650/T4i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 02/22/2007 12:47:07 AM
This is goooood
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