Extremities in B&W

Challenge #5 in the Rino Pizzi's Challenges series. Hosted by rpizzi.

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Photos of ONE PERSON's hands and/or feet. Hands holding something or by themselves, one hand only, feet walking, resting, standing. Only in B&W. Please no couples holding hands. The entries must be captivating images of just hands or feet or both of one subject only.

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Announced:

Sunday, 17th May, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 24th May, 2009 – Saturday, 30th May, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 31st May, 2009 – Saturday, 6th June, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Any conversion techniques to achieve your best B&W. Sharing your techniques is encouraged.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Deliberate fetishistic imagery will be disqualified. Entries must meet dpreview's guideline that images be appropriate for a broad family viewership.

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

200

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Born in 1909

by sytze

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This is the hand of my grandmother and she will be 100 this year. She is still very alive.

Camera:	Canon PowerShot S410 (Digital IXUS 430)
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Submitted:	Tuesday, 26th May, 2009 18:31 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 2nd February, 2008
Focal length:	7.41 mm
Shutter speed:	1/20 sec
Aperture:	F2.8
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