[reformedliberal]

I think the dude overdid his spirit cooking.
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Look at the fingers. Podesta has severe tendon problems on both hands and has had multiple surgeries to correct them. Even in repose, the finger distortions are evident. See: DuPuytren’s Contracture.

So: the pic is probably not shopped. I’m not sure PhotoShop was all that advanced in 2009, either...could be wrong on that. That is his hand. He does seem to have abnormally long arms, given his height. Or he could also have other connective tissue issues that coincide with the DuPuytren’s.
Bone is connective tissue.

[mairdie]

Photoshop was great in those days, as well as much earlier. Maybe not as famous.

[madison10]

Let’s say Podesta has very recognizable hands, you know, like BJC’s part. Then let’s say Podesta committed a crime where a person could point the finger at him due to his crime. Worth hiding the hand.

I am, of course, wearing tin foil.

[Swordmaker]

Or he could also have other connective tissue issues that coincide with the DuPuytren’s.
Bone is connective tissue.

No, reformedliberal, bone is NOT connective tissue, and DuPuytren’s Contracture WILL NOT discolor the skin. DuPuytren’s Contracture is the hardening of the tendons of the hand by a form of mineralization. My girlfriend has DuPuytren’s Contracture and we have found a non-surgical means of treatment for it through deep massage on the tenders that breaks up the infusions that start to harden and force the substance out of the body of the tendon before it can harden. We’ve found that, although painful, the substance in an already hardened tendon can be broken and expressed and flexibility restored through diligent deep massage and flexing of the impacted tendon. . . But, reformed, the skin looks normal for a person suffering from DuPuytren’s Contracture.

That hand in the photo shows all the normal characteristics of a negroid person’s hand including a lessening of melanin content in the skin toward the palms and toward the prone finger pads, while heavier concentrations are exhibited on the backside of the hand and fingers. A shadow would show those areas as darker due to lower light and less reflectivity due to the oblique angle of presentation to the camera.