boy alone....

Karen Cougan, 11 months ago

Yes Yes Yes…..............this is awesome…........love it
xkc

Deborah Bowness, 11 months ago

Wow Deborah, I LOVE this effect, great toning as always!!

Halcyon007, 11 months ago

Those wisps of clouds make it – Another cracker Deb

Jeff Burns, 11 months ago

Man is this a powerful image. Incredible work. I love this one!

Antanas, 11 months ago

Great composition, wonderful work.

Bruce Halliburton, 11 months ago

Brilliant, Deb!

Andy73, 11 months ago

LOVE IT!

Louise Cooke, 11 months ago

the feeling of solitude comes through strong, and it’s beautiful Deb..he looks tiny against the pretty sky – wonderful sense of space :)

Douzy, 11 months ago

Nice silhouetting, great contrast…

midzing, 11 months ago

love it,,, brilliant work

Brian Beckett, 11 months ago

Excellent image Deborah, lovely silhouette and the back lighting from the sky is absolutely brilliant well done

memory, 11 months ago

This is such a strong work. Your portfolio is full of the most compelling images.

Paul Tupman, 11 months ago

Wow.. what a stunning silhouette.. I love how your work leaves you conjouring stories in your mind.. Great work Deb!

Jing3011, 11 months ago

Dramatic and memorable.

Martin Pot, 11 months ago

Very nice silhouette!

hdphotos, 11 months ago

Beautiful, love it!!

Rebecca McLean, 11 months ago

How good is that!!!!!!

Naomi Frost, 11 months ago

Sensational

Graham Dean, 11 months ago

Another great one with an extra touch of originality.

sword, 11 months ago

Simply wonderful,very dramatic,great composition.I just love the contrast of light and shade

poppykitten, 11 months ago

You are so good, another shot, spot on.

Dan Cahill, 11 months ago

Gorgeous silohette. Excellent shot. Beautiful

Denzil, 11 months ago

Wonderful – it immediately makes a story start in my mind. Love the sky.

Sean Farragher, 11 months ago

powerful picture

RoughDiamond, 11 months ago

Totally superb … I’m running out of wall space.

Graeme Pettit ..., 11 months ago

Deborah, this is lovely.

Julie Langford, 11 months ago

WOW Deborah – what stunning silhouette work. this is awesome

Lisadee, 11 months ago

Instant fav’!

This is divine – tears pricking corners of eyes. Reminds me of my sons.

Antoine Dagobert, 11 months ago

Powerful image!!!great work Deb!

Simon Gladwin, 11 months ago

Wondeful Debs….love it, like everything about it!

Torfinn Johann..., 11 months ago

Wonderful Deb! Great work!

Adriana Glackin, 11 months ago

what a lonely little figure he is…

Angela Stewart, 11 months ago

A beautiful tender image Deb! Even without seeing his face he looks to be so deep in thought…can’t help but wonder what those thoughts are!

ozczecho, 11 months ago

Couldn’t agree more with your sentiments..great work.

Lou Green, 11 months ago

perfect silhouette and lovely sky – i love this

PhotogeniquE IPA, 11 months ago

smashing silhouette.

Susan Zohn, 11 months ago

This is so lovely. Great work.

David Taylor, 11 months ago

Very enigmatic! Great use of silhouette Deborah!

vonne, 11 months ago

Oh what a shot!!! This is GREAT Deborah = )

Helene Kippert, 11 months ago

Brilliant Deb

Sorin Reck, 11 months ago

Superb….......

micmac, 11 months ago

I guess it ’s Fleur,she’s so little ,fantastic feeling of lonelyness,a piece of art Deborah

lightsmith, 11 months ago

wow, one of your best. love that silhouette and the vivid lighting. works so well in bw too.

ed wong, 11 months ago

powerful shot – like it a lot

Victor(Vic) Be..., 11 months ago

wordless
love the mood of this composition !

StacyLee, 11 months ago

This is so precious Deb! Beautiful glow!

brummieboy, 11 months ago

Solitude personified .. beautiful shot …

Tiffany Dryburgh, 11 months ago

Wowee, that is gorgeous!!!

Alan Rodmell, 11 months ago

I love those clouds around him…..

Great shot debs as always…

wanda lechene, 11 months ago

this is amazing capture great work

HelenBanham, 11 months ago

WOW, an absolutely amazing shot, love it!!

victor laurence, 11 months ago

another one right on the button fantastic

Benjamin Scheurer, 11 months ago

sensational shot, Deborah…..love it.

shawhouse, 11 months ago

Oh… stunning….what a tender capture. without words…

Nikki Mulkern, 11 months ago

I love this!!!! Wonderful capture!

shawhouse, 11 months ago

found some words – love the title – it says it all. This image is a study of a child in contemplation. Of course you love your kids, but even more – your work conveys profound respect for them as individuals.- one reason, i think, why your photography speaks a universal language. – I’m not blowing smoke, Deb. Not exactly a wordsmith and this is hard to express without it sounding like overblown rhetoric. So, in summary, bravo!

Kellie Kennedy, 11 months ago

You wow me every time you add something but this one gets an extra big wow! Just beautiful!

Joyce Dickens,..., 11 months ago

Beautiful composition; heavenly silhouette, perfect tones and lighting! This is awesome!

Madison Ellis, 11 months ago

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!

mlgkats, 11 months ago

love the b&w you can feel the emotion of being alone, and the sky is beautiful

Martin Derksema, 11 months ago

Incredible. Almost fell of my chair watching this. What a visual power. The light in the clouds almost burns a hole in my eye balls, which is a pleasant experience in this case. Again you transform a ‘small’ event into a experience on very large scale. I have this rock at the river where I look at the water every day. For me these are the moments in which I know who I am. When I llok at your picture I realise that I have always had my rocks at the river, as I child too. And when I was a child those moments were about feeling what I was too. In other words: your image does a lot with me again.

cdwork, 11 months ago

This has to be one of your best- just love it

Michael Oubridge, 11 months ago

Gorgeous silhouette Debs !

Nicholas Averre, 11 months ago

Your work never stops suprising me.. beautiful image Deb. Well done!!

Arthur Chambers, 11 months ago

Brilliant effect-love it….....

Martie Venter, 11 months ago

Very powerful image – love it!

Andrew Bosman, 11 months ago

Very emotive Deb….... sad in a way. Great work.

daydreamer23, 11 months ago

stunning

daydreamer23, 11 months ago

stunning

Simon Mears, 11 months ago

i think this is just so touching and personal, to me, it really is universal in that we can all relate to moments like this, at the tenderest ages too. Cracking shot.

Carlo Cesar Ro..., 11 months ago

Outstanding shot! Congrats and more power!

Paul Louis Vil..., 11 months ago

You have a style all of your own and It is yielding superb results!
All your work is such a pleasure to behold! Congrats Deb! :D

missmunchy, 11 months ago

PERFECT!!! I lov eit!

Paul Vanzella, 11 months ago

Superb image Deborah – just wonderful!

Rhana Griffin, 11 months ago

Once again Deb, so very emotive… love it!

Gerijuliaj, 11 months ago

Beautiful silhouette Deborah

SylviaHardy, 11 months ago

Hi Deborah! You’ve succeeded to convay the sence of lonelyness with the space around. And yet with that soft sky infront and above, you can get a sence that he isn’t quite alone. I like the crispness around the silhouette. Your boy has so much shape around him, it reminds me of a shadow puppet show, which always amazes me. Because, they only rely on shadow shape and light!

Nicole Goggins, 11 months ago

another incredible image deb. this is awsome! I’m totally blown away – I can’t even think what to say other than simply stunning!

Colin Tobin, 11 months ago

Beautiful!
I love how the silhouette is framed so excellently with the cloud.
Another amazing photo!

Mugsy, 11 months ago

What a capture!

marieancolie, 11 months ago

All has been said already :))
So.. I’m joining them in the compliments :))

petelangman, 11 months ago

brilliant

Dakolina, 11 months ago

its dark. its feels cold and lonely.. and hje shouldn’t be alone.. and I want to go set on that same bench. beautiful shot Deborah

Basia McAuley, 11 months ago

You could put so many emotions to this depending on your own interpretation, love it! Great work once again Deborah!

Gideon Swart, 11 months ago

the kid looks very small and fragile against a powerfull sky.so many interpretations,so many feelings and memories,might just as well be me sitting there.i could babble on for ever.you are a true master.

velveteagle, 11 months ago

This is a place we all need to be. Very good impact capture Deborah..

Michelle Hitt, 11 months ago

The tone of this is fantastic!

:-)

Catalin Soare, 11 months ago

Amazing sky, beautiful work of art!

janik, 11 months ago

Superb.

fracturedfotos, 11 months ago

Amazing work. Beautiful image.

Mel Brackstone, 11 months ago

Beautiful shot, Deborah. This is something most of us like to do occasionally, so I’m sure it hits a nerve in so many ways.

wolfllink, 11 months ago

Wonderful work

WitheringMoon, 11 months ago

Stunning – i love the darkness against that sky – very powerful!!!!!!

Sharon Hammond, 11 months ago

this is a very thought-provoking silhouette, made more dramatic in mono

lanalang, 11 months ago

Congrats Deborah, a really fantastic shot!!

SamHarrons, 11 months ago

ooooo yesss!! i like it =]

DawsonImages, 11 months ago

nice use of the silhouette, gives it an isolated feel

SnapHappy, 11 months ago

beautiful image

nikspix, 11 months ago

This is awesome!! Great job!

Kurt Tutschek, 11 months ago

fantastic. great composition, perfect silhouette.

ECGardner, 11 months ago

Amazing shot that says so much… Just so beautiful and touching.

Jennifer Resemius, 11 months ago

beautiful.

Mark Tisdale, 11 months ago

Lovely silhouette!

googa, 11 months ago

Fantastic effect ! amazing.

Al Neaimi, 11 months ago

great image .. love it

Nikki Trexel, 11 months ago

All of these pictures are so remarkable! You do such a great job of putting together the children with the surroundings!!

PigleT, 11 months ago

Funny, that. It doesn’t scream `alone’ to me so much as enjoying the sunlight. Powerful silhouette, either way :)

SpaceCadet34, 11 months ago

Impressive work Deb !!

Ellie Winds, 11 months ago

excellent.

Geri Bragg, 11 months ago

incredible !!! i love it !

Pete Chennell, 11 months ago

a touching moody beautiful piece…another gem Deb

Biswajit Pandey, 11 months ago

Wonderful shot!!!, excellent composition.

Birgitta, 11 months ago

I reeeeeally like this.
WOW. Your lighting + gamma is flawless. (in my book..heh.)
Really like your work!

JanG, 11 months ago

wonderful beaches everywhere…this looks so much like a bench I used to sit on to watch the waves in Gearhart, Oregon. what beautiful light and shadow.

Bjørn Gjelsten, 10 months ago

what a powerful picture this is! fantastic!

David Harris, 10 months ago

This is an amazingly beautiful shot! Very well done Deborah!

Puffling, 10 months ago

Stunning!!

Sherstin Schwartz, 10 months ago

great silhouettes and shot… I love this.

Rosalie Dale IPA, 9 months ago

Certainly draws the viewer in.

gordontant, 9 months ago

The drama in this one Deb is amazing, don’t know why I didn’t see it before…...

Wegwoman, 9 months ago

This moves me more than you’ll ever know.

kellymb, 9 months ago

What a truly beautiful shot! Wonderful toning and composition :)

Birgitta, 9 months ago

Congratz on ANOTHER HP feature….........!
You’re burnin’ it up, woman!!

geraint, 9 months ago

One of the most powerful images i’ve seen on redbubble so far. It could mean so many things and this adds to the intrigue it makes me want to ask if the boy is ok! One of my top ten favourites.

Ian Robertson, 9 months ago

Nice and clean image..with impact and meaning. Great capture

Heather King, 9 months ago

perfectly haunting and so beautiful

vonne, 9 months ago

Awesome! and congrats on 2 in a row!

Damien Woods, 9 months ago

Brilliant Black and white with silhouette. Great all-round shot.

Chris O'Neill, 9 months ago

one word. WOW!

JLHopgood, 9 months ago

I first saw this on your website and it kind of slapped me round the face! Stunned. Love it. (give me some pointers on your process pretty please!)

Roslyn Slater, 8 months ago

Wonderful work.

Rebecca Barker, 8 months ago

awsome work !!

Lucindawind, 8 months ago

this is just perfect !

Jonicool, 8 months ago

Looks like he is caught up in the swirl of clouds..beautifully composed!

Alan Findlater, 8 months ago

great work very well done

marcusjohn, 8 months ago

This is beautiful Deb. Perfect !!! like a dream..

Ian James, 8 months ago

Just brilliant. I love the way the child is framed by the clouds…Excellent work.

Mardynn, 8 months ago

Another amazing shot.
Wonderful lighting. Tones.

ince51, 8 months ago

that is an awsome shot, captures so much!!

Peco Grozdanovski, 8 months ago

Wonderful photograph.. My compliments!

david malcolmson, 8 months ago

This is quite magical.

Deborah Parkin in reply to david malcolmson’s comment, 8 months ago

Thank you David – always so pleased when you like my work :)

Romeo Koitmäe, 7 months ago

A striking image. Beautiful composition – I love this.

augz, 7 months ago

Awesome work!

LoveMy7Cs, 7 months ago

I’m just agreeing with the other 200 people. Wow. Heart tugger.

Kathleen Hill, 7 months ago

Congratulations on this shot and all the lovely comments

shanghaiwu, 7 months ago

fabuluos work

maka1967, 7 months ago

incredible work! the silhouette speaks so much. you photos always say something about human fate, love this very much. thanks for sharing.

Per Ove Sleen, 7 months ago

This picture made me cry for a very long time. It struck something inside me, I haven’t touched upon since I was a boy and HAD to.
Your pictures have the ability to inflict real pain and/ore joy, and that is a very rear and powerful thing.
When I stopped crying it was like something ugly inside me was gone for ever.
The picture goes on my favorites shelf…

POS

Tony Elieh, 7 months ago

This is a fantastic composition

Dave Miller, 7 months ago

very nice, moving image

Deborah Parkin in reply to Dave Miller’s comment, 7 months ago

Thanks Dave – neighbour – i am from Hexham :)

Kacholek, 7 months ago

Excellent image …beautifully captured!!

Ozcloggie, 7 months ago

Expect to see him run off at any second!

Ross Beedle, 7 months ago

Deborah Parkin you really do have some talent that’s precious
Ross

Per Ove Sleen, 7 months ago

Every time I see this picture it moves me (not like the first time though, then I cried). It is powerful medicine ugh ugh

David Stuart, 6 months ago

Just perfect. Out of the darkness towards the light, look to the future, she’ll be right.

Lam Tran, 6 months ago

Super shot! Lovely image of childhood! Great work! Love the tone!

jomash, 6 months ago

wonderful imagery

redpoppies, 6 months ago

I love your style, and this image is no exception. Wonderful!

Kristie King, 6 months ago

AMAZING! I love your pictures.

Lindsay Berman, 6 months ago

just a beautiful shot, simply beautiful!!!

budrfli, 6 months ago

absolutely stunning top notch emotional value! 1000 words

Elodie, 6 months ago

splendid!!

Mindy McGregor, 5 months ago

Beautiful work!

scorpionscounty, 4 months ago

I’m Stunned and Speechless…...

Great Job Deborah…......

Regards

Michael Barnes, 4 months ago

wonderful work and a wonderful portfolio!

Stephen Chapple, 4 months ago

Wonderful outcome!!! The images here can speak without text….

“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.”  ~Ansel Adams

nigelnash, 3 months ago

spectacular !!

H. Clabeaux, 2 months ago

Debora, this is incredible! I love your photography!

sunset, 2 months ago

love these photos. all of them!

Mindy McGregor, about 1 month ago

Fantastic work

TREVOR IRWIN, about 1 month ago

Outstanding Professionalism and vision. Your Art is moving, inspiring and simply Beautiful. For me, I think this is my personal favourite of all your work to date. Congratulations on a great creation.

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Roz McQuillan, about 1 month ago

Great image, Deborah, congrats!

Deborah Parkin in reply to Roz McQuillan’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thank you Roz – much appreciated :)

paula whatley, about 1 month ago

very beautiful shot. Great work

Phil Perkins, about 1 month ago

Wonderful image!

gingarasu, 10 days ago

soubtle and wonderful and poetic

David Wyatt, 1 day ago

Fantastic image, subtle yet dramatic.