Puddles

Beautiful shot, I love the reflections in the puddles and of coarse the lighting too :)

hahaha stunning image! great talent you have! my respect dear!!!

Fantastic moment! Beautiful light & framing!

Sounds like me. :)
I like that you can see the reflections so well in the puddle surfaces.
Your B&W’s are top notch!

i love the darkness of this one

Excellent capture Deb.

All the best for 2008..x

Great capture and lighting, well done!

Gorgeous light and textures as usual Debs and wonderful composition! I feel like i know every inch of this abbey through your wonderful photos. The subject reminds me of a conversation I had with Grace today that went like this…...

ME…..Look at the way the light is causing that shadow over there….look at the way the light is twinkling on the water….look how its bringing out the texture of the bark on that tree. Isn’t this place fascinating to look at and be in?

GRACE (with finger up nose)........ come on hurry up dad…I want to ride my scooter. Which shop are you getting my ice-cream from? When are we going home?

End of conversation…....

I ask you….the youth of today!

All those different shadows and beams of light. Nicely done.

thank you everyone for you lovely comments
Simon I can relate to this so much LOL!!!

Fantastic work!!!

i dont know how you do it
one fantastic image after another
i am in awe of your work

Love your work. This is a wonderful image

if i could get just one or two of my black and whites some where close to the depth and tones of yours i would be a very happy man

awesome and stunning i love the B&W image well done

Leave it to a child to find something to do that keeps them moving .. ahhh youth..

deb, you are truly haunting in your abilities to capture so much emotion and wonderment.
your black and white, shadows, tones
so stunning.

Brilliant work. Fabulous this is wonderful

fantastic image!

Beautiful Deb – love the light!

Puddles…..... they’re like a magnet for little boys. Wonderful shot Deb, the light in this Abbey is just incredible and you’ve captured it beautifully.

and Happy New Year to you and your family. XXX

BEAUTIFUL Love the contrast, light and mostly the memories of doing the exact same thing lol. GREAT work Deborah!

really moody and moving photo! gorgeous

fantastic,,,,,,,,happy new year

Really stunning happy new year

Gee, this is a strong one. A picture that stands as solid as a rock. Beautiful how those corridors and windows are placed in a row and literally throw in the light. Architects of those religious buildings didn’t design on human scale, like nowadays. They wanted to show people how small they are compared to God. They succeeded in that and your sharp observation proves that. Beautiful places to be for a while, but not at all cozy or comfy. The rhythm of the dark and light is so facinating that one could easily miss the main character of this image. Walking through the puddles and the darkness like the hero in a Philip Marlow detective. A hero he is. Brave in a tough world. I could live in a place like this, as long as it had double glazing, good heating, superb lightning design, television, stereo, jaccuzi and internet. Great work again, Deborah.

thank you eveyone for your wonderful, beautiful comments – Martin – i know what you mean, I could live there too with all those things LOL!!!

So you’re not out getting drunk then???

Another great and beautiful image, Deb! Happy New Year!

superb light and shadows

Oh to be young again,happy times, wonderful image :)

Beautiful piece of photographic art Deb!
I love the light and the childish sentiment of jumping in puddles… something we often forget to do as adults! :D

I agree with everyone …this is superb. Well done

Fabulous capture, Deb, and you are no doubt right that he’s not interested now, but I bet he will be when he’s older :) Happy new year to you!!

another perfect b & w – love your style! Happy New Year to you too…

I love the narratives. Beautiful light always Deb. And always the light is new and original. I read once, Monet said he painted the light. You are the star of art who owns the light. Happy New Year Deb.

The lighting is perfect…a fantastic capture with a lot of emotion behind it.

Awesome work as always Deborah.. Love the puddles, they really add another dimension to this capture. Love it! Happy New & Inspirational Year!!

Phenomenal, is all I can say!

Superb lighting; great shot!

Wonderful storytelling… and love the use of space in this image… brilliant as always!

Perfect

fantastic image, lighting is wonderful :-)

Me too… wanting to play in the puddles that is ;) Gorgeous work Deb… fantastic storytelling and a wonderful use of that wonderful light.

Deb, I saw this last night and wanted to comment, but I was having trouble with my keyboard.. it just would go where my fingers wanted it to… or was that becuse I had had one too many?
This is another great shot from this location and it tells such a wonderful story… the lighting is just right for this and the high contrasts really add to the drama of it… Great work!

Excellent Image Deb, he does look like he is saying come on Mum…....

So beautiful.. once again I love the darker tones, great use of light, almost has a sad feeling to me.. like the child is bummed and roaming, wishing there were company to play with… great piece.

I agree, history is over rated, puddles are WAY more fun!!!
Happy new year Deb. :-)

You do these so very very well, Deb, love this one!

Strong meanning for that shot ,beautiful moment and fantastic shot.

Fantastic control over lighting as usual Deb.

The control over the light to show the puddles is amazingly done whilst keeping the overall darkness to the fore – Magnificent

Beautiful light!

Stunning Deb

Lovely image.

stunning Deb,,, well done

Another true masterpeice…as usual the lighting and toning is perfect

Very haunting. The windows look great against the total black of the (vaulted?) ceiling.

nice work ….......

mmmm vignetting. but yeah sucker for black and white and you seem to have plenty of that. great shot, and great work!

the dark, the light…beautiful! Those arches are so well placed. Love the way he stands on the edge of the darkness…will he or won’t he venture there – brilliant mood!

so much more to say…. excellent shot.

gorgeous shot

very lovely work….awesome !

Excellent Image Deb

very powerful… great image!