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This is special, absolutely fantastic photograph Deborah.

Seriously, I’d love to be this good.

Your tonal control is superb! The black isn’t too black, and the
overall exposure is just right. (I really DO see your subjects, etc..heheh..)
It’s just that your focus and again control steal the show.
(It can’t be helped!) And...it’s a great shot. ;)

Thanks Birgitta – it’s good to see you back :)

Excellent portrait Deborah, skin tones exposed to perfection and excellent DOF well done

You have captured this superbly, the feeling you see from the eyes tells you just how cold it is.

Hope you didnt leave him out there for to long ;-)

Lovely capture Deb. A bit lighter than your usual work.

Excellent Deb! Love those tones!

A powerfully beautiful portrait, the wind and cold are really palpable – superb lighting and toning, as always!

love it! such great clarity.

Lovely shot Debs….I like the windblown hair and the snorkel jacket reminds me of being 8 and at junior school…....reminds me of the U2 album cover of the same name…....

hehe awesome

i can feel the cold wind cutting here. i like how the hat and hair blend together. superb light and nice soft edges. well done.

Hey Deborah!! I knew this was your work straight away!! I love this!! Fantastic tones and comp and every thing!! Bravo!!

Beautiful portrait Deborah, it sure looks windy but at least there was some sunshine :) I like how It’s shimmering off of the little bit of hair that is exposed.

fantastic

thats what I call a joyous hair day looks like another windy northumberland day, you keep coming up with these great shot more power to your shutter

this is awesome and i can feel the cold just by looking at this one

Beautiful portrait Deborah

I love the mood that you have created here with the black and white Deborah!

This is so beautifully windswept… the way the hair mingles with the fur is so cool, and I like the way your framing and lighting just emphasizes the direction of the wind enough to make me feel it. I also think your square crop is perfect for this… haven’t figured out why yet, but I’m thinking on it… and it’s making me think and keeps me coming back for another look, so I am sort of hooked on your art then, aren’t I? What a lovely addiction!

That’s so good Debs

Wonderful! Makes me cold though.

How good is this shot! Love it – the expression of his face, the movement of the hair/fur, the sense of cold, the tonal range and the slight vignetting.

beautiful Deb – as always

wonderful-i love the wind in his hair and the B&W

Wow! Fantastic portrait! Lovely head shot! Lovely tone and framing! Well done!

Great work Deb! :D Love the tones and squinted eyes but the movement is what gives it drama! :D

Gosh Deb, it looks so icy cold over there!! I bet Abe is toasty warm though, and all set for a lovely play outside (once mum is done with taking his photo of course!). This is a wonderful of childhood…love the image!

oops, meant to say it is a wonderful portrayal of childhood!

Excellent detail – really like the black and white treatment!

Wonderful portrait. Really beautiful and sweet.

great portrait!

This is freaking insanely GOOD Deb!!! He is so gorgeous… and looks so toasty snuggly warm =) Just like a little eskimo ;)

this is just gorgeous!

Sweet portrait, top notch image as always.

This is stunning Deborah.. wonderful portraiture work. Your B+W work here is perfect.. fantastic tonal qualities and spot on exposure leaving little need to do anything.. the very subtle burning on the edge of the frame works very well.. the relationship you have with your children is so obvious when you see your shots and its a great thing.. Love it!

This is fantastic….......................love every thing about this!!

This reminds me of my childhood in Northampton… Yes it gets cold in Melbourne but I remember so many days in England when the balls dislodged off the brass monkey.

This reminds me of my childhood in Northampton… Yes it gets cold in Melbourne but I remember so many days in England when the balls dislodged off the brass monkey.

Stunning pic, Deb!

You’re the B&W Queen

excellent B&W work, good tones and I like the way his hair blends with the ‘hair’ of the parka, plus the patient, resigned expression!

Classical and poetic.

captivating!!!

Is this the new (now was it a process or image or camera or something – you know I delete the bubble mails and my memory isn’t as good as it once was, so i’m going to have to go with the universal word of…) thing that you were talking about Deb?

Me likes it a lot. It’s seems soft yet the details in the black and white are crisp and clear. The shines of light in the rolls around the neck show this off to the fore.

What I love about the image is that I can’t tell where the fluff on the hood ends and the hair starts LOL.

Brilliant

So special ,love the blending of the hair with the fur ,superb shot.

all of the above – superb shot!

Top work as usual debs. Lol all that looks like hair…. Great post-processing

My goodness he looks cold! What a great capture, love the way the hair and fur is framing his face.

He looks so cosy in his little cocoon in the blistering cold! Where does the hair end that the fur start.. hahaaa!! What a wonderful, sweet capture Deb, full of charm :)

superb portrait

very nice

Soft, gentle and pure. Such strong framing.

Great portrait, Deborah. I love the softness in tones and the furry softness in his clothing. He looks like someone who is doing a polar expedition. An explorer looking at the last frontiers, the hero of his own movie. Beautiful light too.

Oh wow Deb – thats amazing, you can almost feel the chill and the wind in your own hair. Brill!

The hidden mouth, the dark squinting eyes, the movement, the way you’ve used those basic elements to me makes this a complex and moving portrait.
You’re always inspiring Deb.

missed this. love how Abe’s hair mingles with the fur. excellent tones, softness of his face against sharpness of wild hair. I really get the feeling it’s blowing like crazy and cooold.

beautiful capture, well done

The sense of a warm living human being triumphing over the winter storm. Something of a past age in the visual style which I find very appealing.

wonderful picture…........

well done….......... :)

greetings from berlin

Hi Deborah, I’m really enchanted by your work. The burning around the edges always gives me a cozy sense of nostalgia. From the perspective of a portrait artist, I see a wonderful metaphor threaded throughout your photography, something about childhood and us slightly older folk :) Very few of your photos of the children remind me of children at all. It’s like your young subjects have arrived at the core of who they are; they know, not every detail, but they’re comfortable- it’s stunning. I could be reading it all wrong but I read in your work a quietly stated message for people to never outgrow that youthful, wonderous eye for what life has to offer.