Out To Dry

Bruce Halliburton

Out To Dry

This is my youngest daughter’s toy rabbit, “Spike”. She won’t go to sleep without him and she always sucks her thumb while stroking his silky washing instructions label with her forefinger. She wore the original label away and we had to sew another one on! Needless to say Spike gets very smelly and needs washing regularly!

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Out To Dry by Bruce Halliburton
  • Deborah  Bowness

    Deborah Bowness

    Brilliant use of selective colouring, fabulous image and fabulous story to go with it!!

  • zee1

    zee1

    Loving this image and the b/w treatment makes spike stand out even more.

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton

    Thanks, Deborah!

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton

    and zee1!

  • DLKeur

    DLKeur

    Awwww. Yes. Love it.

  • SylviaHardy

    SylviaHardy

    This is very cute! Makes me smile a lot!

  • halftone

    halftone

    What a beautiful shot.

  • Bridgett Ferguson

    Bridgett Ferguson

    Brilliant image.
    I love it! :)

  • Rinkydink

    Rinkydink

    Firstly – great shot
    Secondly – PLEASE go & rescue the bunny!

  • mpolanic

    mpolanic

    Poor rabbit. Excellent capture!

  • Lou Green

    Lou Green

    bless spike ;-) love this image – it made me smile too

  • midzing

    midzing

    love this,,,, well done

  • Kimberly Palmer

    Kimberly Palmer

    This is so classic!

  • Alchemistress

    Alchemistress

    So sweet!!! : )

  • Kalena Hill

    Kalena Hill

    It brings back memories of the bunny rabbit I used to sleep with as a kid, looks just like it! Great photo! :)

  • Dan Cahill

    Dan Cahill

    Nice job. Love the selective color. Well done. Congrats on having it put on the favorite gallery

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153

    Very cute Bruce.

  • Erin Hagen

    Erin Hagen

    This is too cute!

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio

    This is so adorable and so much more endearing with your beautiful description :)

  • Noor Shazemeen

    Noor Shazemeen

    It instantly puts a smile on my face. Love the colours.

  • cdwork

    cdwork

    Wonderful image and story

  • memory

    memory

    This is so precious.

  • SnapHappy

    SnapHappy

    love it

  • Deborah Hally

    Deborah Hally

    sweetness….....great idea and execution!!!

  • Tearyeyedhobo

    Tearyeyedhobo

    Aw that’s too cute!

  • Lisa  Kenny

    Lisa Kenny

    Lovely story that goes with this ~ adorable

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    Fine :)))

  • shall

    shall

    cool image has a nice retro feel

  • Deborah Parkin

    Deborah Parkin

    this is great – a mixture of aww and lol!!! Love the treatment too – hope his ears were ok by the way:)

  • Michele Roohani

    Michele Roohani

    great shot! cute story.

  • Amanda J Slack-Smith

    Amanda J Slack...

    LOL. Great shot.

  • GracefulShadow

    GracefulShadow

    :) Nicely done!

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton

    Wow! I put this image up last night before going to bed and I’m so thrilled to see Spike up on the Hot List this morning! Thanks for your kind words, everyone!

    (Spike is all clean and dry now! :-)

  • Julie Langford

    Julie Langfordcommunity host

    Lovely tones in mono and beautiful selective colour. Love the idea and the story too. Well done

  • ltruskett

    ltruskett

    I know how she feels. did this myself as a kid. hmmm fond memories. LOL. love it.

  • Catherine Crimmins

    Catherine Crim...

    fantastic.. very cute picture.. love the story

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    very creative love it

  • johnboy

    johnboy

    Nice work, Bruce!

  • Owen Cheek

    Owen Cheek

    How Cool is this…. Fantastic

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton

    Thanks for the comments, everyone!

  • samuelcain

    samuelcain

    lovely !

  • tweek

    tweek

    awwwwww this is so sweet. i love everything abut this. reminds me of my own daughter.

  • Heather Loster

    Heather Loster

    cute shot. i heard i used to do the same as a child, only with a blanket that had silk around the edges.

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema

    Great shot. Love the colour against the b&w.

  • Ellen

    Ellen

    How nice :)))

  • snurfdood

    snurfdood

    ouch – poor bunny! I really like the way you have used layers on this to contrast colour and black and white elements . Very clever :o)

  • aljen01

    aljen01

    I love it, hope you framed this for your daughter’s room!

  • Anthony Hedger

    Anthony Hedger

    cool shot

  • Kevin  Kroeker

    Kevin Kroeker

    This is so fantastic… definetly one of the favorites!!!

  • Paul Gibbons

    Paul Gibbons

    Nice artwork, love the selective colours and story. I Like this.

  • anthonymc

    anthonymc

    Excellent in all respects.

  • Naomi Frost

    Naomi Frost

    LOL!!! Love it.

  • Angelique Brunas

    Angelique Brunas

    Who did think kids and their fav toys could make such a sweet concept.
    I like the color against the black and white.

  • Gerard Rotse

    Gerard Rotse

    Great picture. Nice rabbit

  • marijkasworld

    marijkasworld

    I like it. apart from content the colour contrast of the greys and then the browns is terrific..Thanks for fav. one of mine.

  • JustSixties

    JustSixties

    Great shot Bruce. My daughter has a similar toy which she still has and is hidden in a cupboard in her flat, she’s now 18. Sounds weird I know but I guess no matter how old we get, we still keep hold of childhood toys. I love the selective bw/colour treatment.

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins

    love it! can certainly relate – my son does excatly the same thing with his toy (lucky we have two)...

  • DaughterEarth

    DaughterEarth

    great pic!

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    this is very cute !

  • Halcyon007

    Halcyon007

    The choice of colour with it makes for a fantastic shot

  • Peter Davidson

    Peter Davidson

    Love this shot!

  • HaRaKiRi

    HaRaKiRi

    awww, lovely shot, cute and I love the use of colour on black and white

  • Catalin Soare

    Catalin Soare

    Just lovely!

  • nikirios

    nikirios

    HA!!!!!! love it!

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Well Bruce, if this guy survived, then the ted should be OK! Cool shot, nice selective coloring!

  • aneta

    aneta

    great picture

  • Hoffard

    Hoffard

    So funny!!! Well done!!! Love it love it!!!

  • budrfli

    budrfli

    definitely a smiler! :O))

  • Julie Langford

    Julie Langfordcommunity host

    Fantastic that you added this into this group – makes me smile everytime I see it – A wonderful addition to Happy Haven

  • Charl045

    Charl045

    LOLOL..Very funny!!!

  • Ginny Schmidt

    Ginny Schmidt

    Spike seems like a well loved bunny. Good thing he had washing instructions.

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler

    adorable

  • momma2four

    momma2four

    Soo cute! Love this!

  • josiem

    josiem

    great capture!
    love the use of selective colour!!

  • Rich Gale

    Rich Gale

    great work very well done.

  • crackgerbal

    crackgerbal

    hehe poor rabbit!

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    Oh so sweet. It reminds me of my daughter’s Giggle’s and Fufu bear. She loved them so much.

  • Elana Bailey

    Elana Bailey

    Fab story and capture. My sister had a cotton handkerchief (called ‘nankie’ instead of hanky) that she carried everywhere. She would twist the corners of it, so that it wore away. My other sister had a Scooby Doo stuffed animal that she would carry around under her arm, so that his neck was thread bare. Mum had to sew him up. I had a Rupert the Bear….

  • Lorena Maria

    Lorena Maria

    Awww….Awwwww

  • woof

    woof

    LOL!!! LOVE THIS!!! what a great capture!! my daughter has a very small baby’s pillow with bears on it that my mother gave her when she was 3 or 4… she’s 22 now and guess what, yes she still has this pillow. ;)

  • christinedhall

    christinedhall

    fabulous!

  • Tadoette

    Tadoette

    fine photography!

  • ZoeMcduncan

    ZoeMcduncan

    congratulations…very cute

  • rodeorose

    rodeorose

    Terrific shot. Well done on your Frontpage Feature!

  • CapturedByKylie

    CapturedByKylie


    Congratulations on being featured on the home page.
    September 17th 2009.

  • PPPhotoArt

    PPPhotoArt

    absolutely awesome shot and lovely story
    congratulations on homepage!!!

  • Chris Fawkes

    Chris Fawkes

    Great shot.

  • Jennifer Suttle

    Jennifer Suttle

    I really love those striped socks.

  • CJ Bookholt

    CJ Bookholt

    Sweet little guy!

  • Anastasiia Kucherenko

    Anastasiia Kuc...

    this is cool! congrats on being featured!

  • Susan Kimball

    Susan Kimball

    Congrats on your HP feature, great work!!

  • Jayne Logan

    Jayne Logan

    This is clever! I like this shot and story .. congrats on your HP feature!!

  • Karen  Tillotson

    Karen Tillotson

    Oh so cute…a precious image…brings back very fond memories of my four with their little “lovies” that they dragged around…. =D ..And congratulations Bruce!!!!

  • jillijude1

    jillijude1

    aww mommy thats adorable :)

  • Jelynn

    Jelynn 13 days ago

    lol ive got a same story as what u have lol! well done!

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