Oh, this is wierd! The lines around the hands don't detract from it - in fact the add to the 'disembodyment' of them! Nice background too - what was that? It looks a little like a macro shot that I recently took of the nasty plastic/leather look stuff on my car steering wheel!!!!

Does the green stand out that much!!! Actually I was a little unhappy with the hands orginally. I wanted them to have more definition and the angle for them was incorrect actually the entire picture is not quite the angle I wanted but... On the other "hand" ( pun intended. ) Now that I am finished it looks better than I orginally thought. I decided along the way to add a motion blur to the hands which makes them less defined and more ghostly. The background is a secret. =:-) > However yes it is a macro picture. Thanks for the reply.

Not really the original image is 480 X 640 so after a little cropping basically it's a little tall and kinda skinny. But I'll keep that in mind. Next time I post somthing with a lot of detail. Thanks for the tip. How about this. Bsteph

the affects are quite effective, ghostlike hands reaching out for you. you could put the boogieman out of business. a very good photo composition.