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Faith in my hands
Faith in my hands
daklein


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Challenge: Pattern III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: New Delhi - India
Date: Mar 24, 2008
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Travel, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Mar 24, 2008

Traveling around India found myself with the most intriguing hands... I could see her faith... perhaps the faith of marriage.

In Indian culture, certain women (in this case no older than 16) tattooed her hands with Henna to show her commitment for marriage. Her faith in Marriage.

I saw her, spoke to her and she pulled her hands out of nowhere. Had to take the picture. I tried really hard to get that little girl on the right to be on the frame too. It gives it an interesting touch to the photo...


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/01/2008 02:34:25 PM
This has the potential to be very good, but you needed to have just the hands in the picture and exclude the confusion of other people.
04/01/2008 01:38:09 PM
I like the idea of your photo, but I wonder if you had cropped out everything but the woman's hands if you would've had a stronger photo. The people surrounding her are very distracting.
03/31/2008 10:48:48 PM
A very creative take on the shoot.
A very nice idea.
03/31/2008 02:36:18 PM
Wow that must of hurt. The patterns are interesting and the subject give it substance.
03/31/2008 01:00:34 PM
I'd almost prefer to see only the hands and arms of your subject, or perhaps adding those of the little girl as well. There is obviously a story here, but without more information the viewer is left confused. I feel like I'm looking at a snap-shot rather than an artistic piece.
03/31/2008 01:25:40 AM
great idea, but in my opinion it would work better if it was just the hands.
03/29/2008 11:34:15 AM
Nice detail coming form the hands with varying colors of all the outfits of the people.
03/28/2008 02:14:26 PM
Would have preferred a closer zoom so that the detail of the henna pattern could be seen. Well spotted though
03/27/2008 01:53:39 PM
These hand paintings are gorgeous. A step closer cropping out the pink and purple persons would have been even better.
03/27/2008 10:01:49 AM
I like how there are two patterns in this picture, the tattoos on her hands and the little girl in the background holding up her hands too.
03/26/2008 04:12:24 PM
the henna painting is cool, I'd like to see more of it and less of the surrounding crowd (except the little girl).
03/26/2008 09:59:06 AM
I think the hands only would have made this better
03/26/2008 09:46:07 AM
great idea for pattern..this photo looks like it would be in national geographic
03/26/2008 09:21:41 AM
This photo could benefit from a tighter crop to focus on the patterns of her hands.


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