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Feb 7, 2004, 4:11:22 PM
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"Holding the pain in my hand so that my heart won't thorn appart..."
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Place: my Home, Portugal
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Critique by ~EvanescedBliss Oct 3, 2010, 10:59:31 AM
I love this photograph. It reflects the simplicity of a human being as well as its complexity. A wrinkled hand that is catching a tiny teardrop. Humans are such imperfect creatures, yet this is what makes them so beautiful.
Everything we do on this world leaves a mark, the wrinkles that are represented in this hand. We are capable of good and bad, and you chose to focus on the good in people. The kind, the giving, the consoling.
Your photograph is a place of lights and darks. A contrast that is also visible in our daily lives. We have a good and a bad side to us. Just like the hand in the picture.
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Critique by *felina222 Oct 30, 2009, 10:42:02 AM
This is one of the most simple and most profound photos I've ever seen. It says so many things by capturing so little from the human appearance: a palm, an old, wrinkled palm and a teardrop, clear like the morning dew. My mind starts to build a story around the image almost instantly. It could be the palm of an old man, a grandpa trying to catch and wipe away the tears of a little child, or of a youngster. Or it could be the palm of a lady crying for her long gone youth. Or the hand of a widow who cries for her dead husband... It can even be the hand of a worker and this "drop" can be sweat. But the position of the hand tells me that it's more likely to be a teardrop. If we are to move from the message to the technique, I must say I love the incredible quality of the detail, the texture of the skin so well captured. And I love the light that comes from above and behind, suggesting the light of a sunset. I think that the lightening makes a huge difference here, because if it had been from another angle, the drop and the skin texture were not valued as they are here. In conclusion, this photo gets 5 stars from my side, both for vision and for technique.
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~Elisijane May 15, 2012
Wonderful photography.
Haven't seen such a wonderful picture in a long time!

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Mood: Love ~Elisijane May 15, 2012
Wonderful photography.
Haven't seen such a wonderful picture in a long time!

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~UtiTuran May 15, 2012
una goccia/lacrima: un' universo nelle nostre mani...
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Touching!
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~Nothing2Say1 Oct 7, 2011
A wonderful shot!
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`NunoPires Dec 25, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer

Hi :wave: How are you?


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Have a nice week! :dummy:

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~Nothing2Say1 Dec 25, 2011
Good.

Welcome

You too!
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Mood: Wow! ~iconofcoil Sep 6, 2011
impresionante imagen

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`NunoPires Sep 13, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks a lot for your words and for the :+fav: i'm glad that you like it! :aww:

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~iconofcoil Sep 14, 2011
de nada, es una imagen fantástica digna de ser elogiada
un saludo =)

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