Mendhi

Candice is being stupid and made me bokeh out her face… She's pretty so I don't know what her issue is! This is a cool shot regardless.

Candice is my roommate. I’ve known her and her five sisters since I was born. Being an only child, I’d classify her as probably the older sister I never had. She’s an attorney who’s always trying to make sure I stay out of trouble.

Anyway both of us went to weddings this past weekend. When Candice came home from LA we were catching up on the last week. She went to an Indian wedding and had henna done on her hands. It looked cool so I grabbed a snapshot.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 85mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens
Nikon Speedlight SB-800

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Comments

JDèé says:

Very nice shot!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

nis.jensen says:

You're right - it is pretty cool - and the henna decoration is awesome!

Glad to hear you plan to live forever - that's really a long long time :-))

Have a great day, Marcus!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

369Photography.co.uk says:

Very cool photo, I love the focus and DOF here. The hand art is also very interesting.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Jen likes to snap pics* says:

nice shot. i agree, henna is cool. i love the way it looks. it's so detailed.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

n_s_p says:

lovely!! nice tatoo
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Silent Resilience says:

Cool mehendi art! It will last quite a while though lol!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Jiteo says:

Liking the DOF in this! Henna tattoos are pretty wicked.

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`hammy [away] says:

nice design.. =)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Engelhardt says:

hey, now that's pretty cool. And handy to have a lawyer in the "family", right? :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

.dr4gon says:

Neat DOF! That's cool you got an "older sis!"

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MustangSheila (Good night, friends) says:

Yes, this is a beautiful shot just how it is...now, i guess you owe her an apology, I guess she knew how cool this shot would be before you did!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

F ® u i t y says:

i like the design also we are in gulf have Henna . The Bride should put Henna in her wedding also The bride's and Groom' s family
as well if the family girls have a Special celebration the put Henna ^^
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

j.towbin © says:

Wonderful portrait. I love that she is out of focus--and the main area of interest is the henna design on her hand.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

gato-gato-gato says:

Very cool.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

tiredofkim says:

Excellent shot...beautiful mendhi. :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Anday Oh says:

Gotta love the details that are really clear in her hand.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

ANVRecife says:

Sweet man! Very cool
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

calibergemini says:

man than f/1.4 is super sweeettttttttttt!! and yea you got it right, spelt it mendhi correctly! (guess Sangeetha taught u :D)

Yaa I am a total nut job for Top Gear. Although in recent times I havent been following so much what with GMAT and this yellowstone trip!

Btw you think 700mm is long, its inadequately short for capturing Grizzlys, bald eagles flying high above and most of cases of wolves too, just got lucky here! :D.

As for this wolf, I got really lucky, that he decided to cross the road just ahead of our car, and he stopped to check out on something. I fired like crazy and handholding the beast is no easy pickings, surprisingly, my shots were sharp enough! I am reasonably sure that if you make the trip, (please rent from borrowlenses, very nice professional people) with a long range lens and teleconvertor, you would land shots much better than these!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

sh..... says:

very nice :) cool composition n light :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr. Nobody says:

que bello!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

JimmyMac210 says:

lovely henna!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Christiaan* says:

I found one of your photos in explore, and from there I had a look through your photostream and I'm really impressed by the quality of your photos! I also enjoyed reading all the stories you wrote in the description, awesome work!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

agirlfromozbutnot says:

this is amazing!!!
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Geoff Mock says:

OMG!....This is superb my friend...totally gorgeous!.Super coooool!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

clairebelles says:

This is so cool! Love it.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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This is a great post!
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Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Robert Lio says:

This is just great, love the DoF.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

dettyplease says:

wow.. really stunning!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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