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Faces and hands

Challenge #39 in the Telling the Story series. Hosted by CharlesB58.

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It's been said that hands reveal as much about a person as the face. Have both hands and faces togther in a photograph and what results can be a unqiue and evocative portrait. For this challenge, both the face and one or both hands of a SINGLE SUBJECT must be visible in the frame. The hand(s) can partically obscure the face as seen in the example, but not completey cover the face.

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Announced:

Sunday, 13th June, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 20th June, 2010 – Saturday, 26th June, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 27th June, 2010 – Saturday, 3rd July, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No composites
No "digital art".

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

A single human subject. No groups or animals. HOWEVER, other people can be present in the frame as long as the main subject is predominant.
The face and at least one hand must be in the frame. As noted above, the face can be partly obscured by the hand but not completely covered.

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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Camera:	Nikon D700
Lens:	Nikkor 200mm f/2G IF-ED AF-S VR
Submitted:	Tuesday, 22nd June, 2010 22:13 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 1st August, 2009
Focal length:	200 mm
Shutter speed:	1/500 sec
Aperture:	F2.5
ISO:	200
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