Response to Hands (Response #11)

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culberda said 935 days ago:

The DOF doesn't feel "natural" in this photo... if that makes any sense.

I do like the unusual hand pose though, made me think.

jyoseph said 935 days ago:

I think this is brilliant. Really like the idea behind the shot. Could see something like this selling for a stock agency.

Flatline said 935 days ago:

I like this a lot, and the dark background works will with the shallow depth of field. Very slender fingers, by the way.

gavingough said 935 days ago:

Thanks. My girlfriend can "speak" sign-language. This, she tells me, is the letter 'E'. We made a series of pictures of her hands in order to make enlargements which we're joining together in sequences to make words.

smudo said 935 days ago:

a truly beautiful shot gavin! clean, crisp, and simple. gotta lova it;)

kpishdadi said 933 days ago:

I love it. I had no idea it was sign language though. At first look I thought it was someone counting items on their fingers. Would make for a great stock photo. Nice job

photoflavor said 932 days ago:

this really is a great shot - and perfect for the theme... though i think your girlfriend it yanking your chain. i'm pretty sure that's not the letter "E."

lbstone said 932 days ago:

I need to make it so that URLs are automatically linked in the comments, but I'll paste this in here anyhow.

http://www.usm67.org/alphabet/images/alphabet.jpg

gavingough said 932 days ago:

Ah, I've had this conversation before, there are many different "dialects" in sign-language, more even than spoken language ones. This is the letter E in the British Two-handed Finger Spelling Alphabet (http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/bsl.htm).

Apparently sign-language can differ even from region to region and certainly from country to country. I guess you Americans probably spell things incorrectly even in sign-language? ;)

CaptureThis said 930 days ago:

I like this very much. It is poetic I think. It litterally "speaks".

My youngest son has friends whose mom is deaf and speaks sign language and it is beautiful to see. I have trouble understanding it yet, but I am trying.

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