Asking Hands...

Canon 400D,28-135mm,f8,1/5',ISO100

After being inspired by some low light photography images, I thought I'd try some myself. The idea was to bring out the texture in the hands (mine actually) and a begging style would work best as I actually wanted to add some grain to the image and I thought that this pose as apposed to a praying pose would benefit best.

It was taken on self timer with my hands on a dark blanket and then lit by a single light (an LED bike light with a toilet roll snout). I like the way that it's really brought out the detail in the hands and adds to the feeling of "need" to the image with a nice balance of highlighted and hidden details. It's definitely a technique I'd use again.