“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.”

Hazel Lee

Great BW, I love the contrast of the wrinkled hand and the smooth shells. Wasichseh · 2010-05-27: 01:52

great work Latecomer · 2010-05-27: 02:17

Nice B&W! Ryana · 2010-05-27: 02:26

Yeah, nice B&W shot! ????? · 2010-05-27: 02:43

Beautiful close-up noptek · 2010-05-27: 06:28

Great shot....excellent depth and clarity.....wonderful in B/W! lookagain · 2010-05-27: 08:26

Wonderful capture - wonderful caption! Perfect in b/w! And thanks for your comment on our kid's dinner. We love the ideals of Rotary and this program is designed to make the world a safer and more peaceful place for their futures. I hope it works! djnana · 2010-05-27: 08:37

Awesome work, great choice for bl and wh; love the texture urmysunshine · 2010-05-27: 09:21

gorgeous bnw.. Shipping · 2010-05-27: 09:24

lovely shot! byron1 · 2010-05-27: 10:19

Perfect choice for b/w - the contrast in textures are highlighted beautifully - super shot davids · 2010-05-27: 11:58

Brillant shot, well done Pete mystic1 · 2010-05-27: 14:39

nice way of realizing the moment. Great tone/shot as well matteahmb · 2010-05-27: 15:33

Beautiful work - I love the sheer amount of detail you've caught here :-) girafferacing · 2010-05-27: 17:02

Very beautiful image!! agandia · 2010-05-27: 19:58

Nice shot ... love the b&w and the contrst of the small shells in the hand. ????? · 2010-05-27: 21:39

Agree with all of the above - great shot, Pete! lgnelson · 2010-05-27: 21:51

Fantastic! Looks like those are some hard working hands and they have held a lot of great moments and memories great and not so great. Happy weekend to ya "Slow" SheriJ · 2010-05-28: 00:51

Thanks all hope the week was not to bad slowpete · 2010-05-28: 01:55

maybe you should close your hand to hold it longer ;) TIM927 · 2010-05-29: 09:01

oh, this happens to me all the time... and never seem to learn out of it. or maybe, some people have just a hole in their hands... wonderful post. deep, touching. longimanus · 2010-06-01: 08:41

Lovely shot and words. Unchained · 2010-06-03: 12:19

Fantastic! pandka · 2010-06-04: 02:27