It feels like I blinked, and suddenly I’ve aged — I was writing in my journal when I saw how old my hands looked. I don’t feel older, but I now have my grandparents’ hands, the loose flesh, thin skin, age spots, and prominent veins.
It’s a tad unnerving to be confronted by one’s advancing decrepitude.
Note
I wanted to capture a picture of my hands from my perspective, like in my January 2007 picture here. Unfortunately, I don’t have the right equipment to do so. Even getting a picture of my hands from above and to one side was tricky.
However, I am very pleased that the picture I managed to get is almost straight out of camera. I had a clear vision of the look I wanted, so I indulged in a few tweaks in Lightroom to remove a couple of distractions, crop it slightly, and get the exact tone I wanted.
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