Monday, February 23, 2009

I heart Faces

I interrupt what I said would be a maternity post for a weekly competition on the new I Heart Faces blog (reason being is there is a limited time to enter). Get yourself over there and join in!

This weeks theme is BW and who would have guessed I would choose this image? As everyone (all 10 or so of you!) who reads this knows (since it's been posted twice in colour and BW and now a third time) it is my fav ever image of April...but I think it is perfectly suited to the BW child faces category, if I may so myself :o). Thank you dear (10 or so) readers for putting up with me!!!
I Heart You!


For anyone else who hasn't seen it...This was taken quite recently on a day outing with a couple of other local photographers. Our kids were the subjects. I had the image in my mind and when I saw this in the viewfinder, I knew I had gotten exactly what I wanted! It is really not set up at all, just 'April, stick this hood on your head' and that was it! Her hair just fell so perfectly for the shot. Lucky me! It was taken with a Nikon D300 and a 50mm 1.8 lens and edited (barely) using Picnik...
* I want to point out that this is NOT real fur...no, no, no!*

29 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are right! it is an amazing picture her eyes, her hair, and hood framing her face. beautiful.

4chalseys@blogger said...

I love this picture! Her eyes, her coat hat. How beautiful. I bet this is stunning in color too! Great shot!

Jennifer Bowen said...

What a beautiful shot and conversion! Perfect!!!

Miti said...

OMG! That's an incredible shot you captured. The fury hood adds so much texture and her eyes just POP right out at ya! She's a doll. It sort of looks like a drawing.

Bird's Eye View Photography said...

The textures in teh this photo against her beautiful skin is amazing.

Melinda said...

Stunning photo of such a beautiful girl! I love how her hair falls and those eyes are amazing!

Unknown said...

One of the most captivating shots I have seen so far. I love it. Beautiful for so many reasons!

Katarina said...

Her eyes are stunning. I love the picture.

jennykate77 said...

Wow...what an amazing picture! Her eyes are stunning!

lindsay said...

...wow.

beautiful!

Unknown said...

Too perfect. I love it! Hope the rest of your maternity break goes well. God bless.

Amanda said...

absolutely beautiful! her eyes are so striking!

Betsy said...

gorgeous!

Randi said...

WOW! This is an amazing and beautiful shot! I can see why it's your favorite :)

Anonymous said...

Nice capture!

Bling - our elf on the shelf said...

Oh my, this is one perfect shot!!!

Amy in Ohio said...

Love that shot! Can you please come work your magic with my toddler?

Found you through I heart FACES!

Beth@Pages of Our Life said...

Amazing and it would be my favorite too! There is something about the hat and the eyes and the hair all mixed together. It makes the perfect recipe.

BTW, you will probably have more than 10 readers now after showing this beauty and your blog over at iheartfaces.

Love your photographic blog and your humor! Hoping to come back for a visit real soon.

Beth

TidyMom said...

BEAUTIFUL!!! I love it!!

~TidyMom

Guilty Mom said...

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ShEiLa said...

I just want to say...

I love this photo. It is hard to look away... something about it.

The [subject] is totally beautiful.
I love the features of her face. Eyes, nose and lips.

I didn't see this one until the winners were posted... this one is a favorite of mine.

ToOdLeS.ShEiLa

Bryce's momma said...

Congrats! It is beautiful. Don't you love it when you get that shot that doesn't require editing. Gorgeous!

Jen Olsen said...

Gorgeous! Love the crop, the intensity of her eyes and the texture of the hood framing her face is beautiful!

Unknown said...

No wonder it's your favorite . . . it's absolutely GORGEOUS! I love it :-) Congrats on being in the top 10

Unknown said...

Congratulations! I knew you would be one of the winners!

Julie Rivera said...

Congratulations on your Top Ten finish! I can definitely understand 1) why this a favorite and 2) why the judge loved it. So very striking and it is even better when you share about the minimal processing. Gorgeous!

Rachel said...

WOW... just beautiful! It looks so vivid in black and white...absolutely perfect shot and definitely deserved making Top Ten - congrats!

ukreal1 said...

Thank you all so so much for the lovely comments, they are really appreciated. Now, the funny thing is I didn't even know my photo was in the top ten 'til I got all these messages here this morning. I could see the winner but when I click on the link to see the top ten, it doesn't work. So thanks for letting me know, hopefully it will work later!!!

Carebear said...

congratulations on top ten! Your picture was certainly one of the best. I faved it awhile back on Flickr!