Handy

The previous post was about the "Twilight Zone" assignment.  This week the assignment was "Dramatic Human Hands".  Since I already used the photo from the last post, I had to look for another subject.  I thought a shot of two pairs of hands in a nail salon would be a good subject.  I approached the manager of the nail salon in our local Walmart.  Turns out she didn't do English.  But there was a young woman sitting up front who took pity on me and offered to pose.  Here is the result I submitted.

 

Twilight Zone

So I have been a subscriber for a number of years to a mail list for the "Leica Users Group".  The LUG has members from around the world with a common interest in Leica cameras and lenses.  I have never owned a Leica nor do I really want to, but I have admired their performance and design philosophies for many years.  The LUG has recently started a weekly "assignment", run by a veteran Leica photographer, Ted Grant, from Canada.  Ted is in his 80's and retired from many years of photojournalism and other photography.  He is highly honored in his home country and has many fans in the LUG.  Ted names a topic each week and lets members post entries on-line to the mail site.   Then on the Sunday after the assignment he posts critiques of each entry.  No winners, no prizes, just an opportunity to get feedback from an expert.

Last week's topic was "Twilight Zone" with each entrant to interpret the topic as he chose.  Turns out hardly anyone interpreted it as Ted imagined.  My interpretation was "twilight" in terms of the twilight of your lifetime, i.e., old age.  That interpretation was suggested by my spousal unit and her arthritic hands are the subject, though she is very embarrassed to have anyone see their condition.  I don't share that concern. They are what they are and they represent over seventy years of hard work and dedication as a wife and mother.  Certainly nothing to be ashamed of.

Here is the photo.  Comments are welcome.