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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

photo courtesy of Sara Rosso

photo courtesy of Sara Rosso

Hands.  Hands can be instrumental in a photo – they emphasis, they hide, they reveal. They can be the star of the show, or just a prop to help the main attraction stand out better. In this photo, this hand was what kept me between life and death as I walked down a rickety metal staircase on the side of a cliff down to the beach. I was glad for that hand and I’m glad I captured the moment, too.

Share a picture that has a HAND in it with everyone! 

New to The Daily Post? Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re invited to get involved in our Weekly Photo Challenge to help you meet your blogging goals and give you another way to take part in Post a Day / Post a Week. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS

544 Comments
  1. Oh my gsh I haven’t posted my Blue entry yet!!! :(

    May 18, 2012
  2. Nice theme. Here’s mine: the special bond of a mother holding a child’s hand: http://thedailypost.me/2012/05/18/mother-and-child-cuba/

    May 18, 2012
  3. I can’t resist adding this one too, which I posted a couple of days ago, as I love the girl’s outstretched hands feeling the sunshine: http://thedailypost.me/2012/05/17/feeling-the-sunshine-cuba/

    May 18, 2012
  4. Love this topic — had so many photos to choose from, as I love looking at parts of the whole (hands, feet, eyes – as you can see!!!)
    Here’s my contribution:
    http://wp.me/p1vzzU-9k

    May 18, 2012
  5. HERE IS MY CONTRIBUTION :)
    MY HAND :) PEACE LOVE UNITY GRATITUDE XO CAT

    May 18, 2012
    • Nando #

      I love your blog! I think it’s awesome that you have your whole family involved. Great dad!

      May 18, 2012
  6. Just taken last week during our vacation :)
    http://jugorum.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  7. Nice theme. Hands make an evocative subject for photography. My entry is accompanied by an excerpt from one of my favourite poems.
    http://cinova.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  8. My entry this week
    http://wp.me/p22vCq-sp
    Have a great weekend :)

    May 18, 2012
  9. thanks for inspiration, Sara, I’ll try to find some interesting hands …

    May 18, 2012
  10. Try to make it better! ;)

    May 18, 2012
  11. Here is my entry for this week’s challenge! http://wp.me/p1tzBV-1jA

    May 18, 2012
  12. I love it!!!! Here is my first entry under my photo blog:
    http://thethirdeyeworld.com/2012/05/18/the-weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    Another entry under thirdeyemom will be coming up soon!
    Thanks!!!

    May 18, 2012
  13. Here is my first entry for the challenge! Do leave your reply!
    http://wp.me/p1z4hZ-6q

    May 18, 2012
  14. Hands makes me think of mamas and babies. Here’s my post on metaphors of motherhood. There is a photo I took of a drawing my daughter did on my hand. http://kitchentangents.com/2012/05/13/metaphors-of-motherhood/

    May 18, 2012
  15. Another great challenge. Here is my HANDS entry: http://natureintheburbs.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  16. Here is my second entry! Please leave your valuable comments!
    http://wp.me/p1z4hZ-6u

    May 18, 2012
  17. A wonderful challenge topic. What came to mind immediately was my 20th post, published just over a year ago, featuring one of my favourite family moments. Even though it is an oldie.
    http://wp.me/p1hfki-3d

    May 18, 2012
  18. Great photos. Interesting theme but I cannot find a way to contribute. How do I get in to contribute a photo to Weekly Photo Challenge?

    May 18, 2012
    • just write a post in your blog, and copy the link of your post in a comment as you see others doing it here

      May 18, 2012
  19. well, my post for the color blue would have worked for this one as well, but here is a new one: http://wordsandpeace.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/. enjoy, and good luck – you will see why!

    May 18, 2012
  20. A lit of bit difficult but I found it!!! Here’s mine :)
    http://coffeetimewithclaudia.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  21. here is my contribution to the challenge. http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/father-and-sons-weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    Thank you for your visit and comments, :-)

    May 18, 2012
  22. Hi, how about this.
    have you seen ?
    ‘Hand to hand’
    http://ensummerfield84.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/weekly-photo-challenge-family/

    May 18, 2012
  23. Priceless: http://wp.me/p16vHM-eO

    May 18, 2012
  24. Great theme and thank god this time I had some pictures in Hand . :) Here it is :

    http://vandysnape.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  25. Redzenradish #

    My contribution, “Drumming Hands.”

    http://moonsixpence.blogspot.com/2012/05/weekly-photo-challenge-hands.html

    May 18, 2012
  26. It’s a Quokka. “What’s one of those?” I hear you ask, find out here http://wp.me/p1sZjn-12C

    May 18, 2012
  27. I shot these a few hours ago at a kids party. IEnjoy. http://wp.me/1x8xf

    May 18, 2012
  28. I have one lucky shot on my camera:
    http://thetaskmistress.me/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands

    Thanks! K

    May 18, 2012
  29. Hey weekly photo challenge, we sure missed you last week!

    May 18, 2012
  30. I took a singular aproach to this weeks topic, I hope you’ll like it http://wp.me/p10iHd-ec :)

    May 18, 2012
  31. Here is my submission for the theme, and hands that create something beautiful and functional. Weaving hands – posted at http://nativeleaf.info/?page_id=32

    May 18, 2012
  32. People of WordPress: Let’s give ourselves hand for this week’s challenging Photo Challenge! Here’s my take:
    http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  33. Ok…here is my thirdeyemom entry….
    http://thirdeyemom.com/2012/05/18/the-weekly-photo-challenge-hands/
    Time to read everyone else’s!

    May 18, 2012
  34. Ash #

    Presenting my interpretation of the theme -
    http://silvermists.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  35. For a slightly-off-the-angle, check this picture out! – rita
    http://shapingthepoem.wordpress.com/

    May 18, 2012
  36. Nando #

    Here is my entry for the week… http://wp.me/pjF3j-om

    May 18, 2012
  37. Hands and a chicken! what fun! This is my first entry, so hopefully this link works:
    http://marantophotography.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challengehands/

    May 18, 2012
  38. Joy #

    This has been my favorite challenge so far. http://joycannis.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  39. It took me a while to think about this one, but this one has a lot of symbolism attached to it.
    http://alicethroughthemacrolens.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  40. meet oscar………..I suppose a slightly different take :-) on the topic :-)
    http://4otomo.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  41. This is my hand:
    http://anettehermann.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/
    Enjoy and have a lovely weekend everyone ♥

    May 18, 2012
  42. Sorry to be late, but I had to go shoot some photos for this one – I actually posted many
    http://scottseyephotos.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  43. short & sweet post right here :) http://zingaling23.wordpress.com/

    May 18, 2012
  44. My First Entry!! Happy Indian hands… Bangles it is!! :)
    http://mystiic.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  45. Hello! So excited to be part of this challenge! This post includes a photo that I love AND that means a lot to me! Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think! http://aparnanairphotography.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/hands-staying-balanced-weekly-photo-challenge/

    May 18, 2012
  46. Two black and white images. I hope you enjoy. http://ameditativejourney.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  47. On of the most touching themes ever. Thanks.
    http://thismansjourney.net/2012/05/18/hands-that-heal/

    May 18, 2012
  48. http://wp.me/p2dIbk-1mS

    When Hands are combined they can do so much.

    May 18, 2012
  49. My left and right hand shots were taken today while riding thru West Virginia: http://backseatview.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  50. Not an easy one but challenging, love the theme. Here’s my entry http://reemsaleh.com/2012/05/19/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  51. I want to give a big hand to our hands . . . .

    http://themofman.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/weekly-photo-challenge-hands/

    May 18, 2012
  52. Karate hands in the middle-of-nowhere Africa: http://wp.me/p2clok-i6

    May 18, 2012
  53. Here’s mine–a preschooler with her marshmallow star.
    http://thepositivepage.com/2012/05/18/last-thoughts-hands-the-wordpress-weekly-photo-challenge/

    May 18, 2012

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