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Comment by bod:
Congratulations : )

The photo is a really good one too, capturing a moment to treasure. You've created much more than just a challenge entry here.

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Comment by Sailingduck:
Beautiful

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Comment by Mona:
Wonderful. 10+

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Comment by ubique:
A beautiful portrait, composed and photographed with restraint. I love the way you just sneaked in enough of the reason for your happiness to tell us the story, but not enough to steal our attention away from the subject (you are the taller one, right?). 7

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Comment by Coley:
lovely image ...love the sepia tones

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Comment by Skip:
i don't know anything about portraiture, so i'm using your image to try to figure out what i think i would or wouldn't do in this situation, as well as what i notice and get out of your image.

well, i don't think i'll be able to duplicate this ;-)

this really is an amazing image for a self-portrait. the lighting is simply fabulous, and the range of tonalities is wonderful. the composition, focus, and expressions are all right where you'd want them. great job! good luck with this!

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Comment by tomlewis1980:
You have captured the emotion beautifully in this shot, the natural light from the window works well to emphasise that in my opinion. 9

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Comment by srbrubaker:
Extraordinary.

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Comment by digitalknight:
Everytime I see this I bump it up again. Now we're at the top. I love the joy your image evokes. So you're hitting my "my youngest is 9 and the rest are teenagers, boy I miss babies" chord pretty good.

The framing of the baby is great, enough to tell the story, while keeping you as the main subject. I love it. Very well done.

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Comment by floyd:
If you're going to take a picture of mother and baby I think you really need to be able to see the baby. This is too tight a framing for my tastes. Otherwise I like the light and the duotone. Might have been better with your eyes open too. 7