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Thanks all for comments and critiques

incredible portrait!

i love it!

This is good work - Strong.

Excellent shot, think I would prefer this in B/W.

Very good photo with dramatic tones that point out the emotions!

Excelente retrato, perfecta luz y color duo-tono de gran belleza, magnifica composicion, saludos cordiales Arif.

Saygilar.. / Just Regards ..

Great shot, but why this zymotic yellow? Really, the composition is outstanding... A sepia toning should do.

Excellent! compliments

Exellent portrait... in this photo I find a great photographer.

Hi, Luca.

very nice portrait,, good job

This is absolutely an amazing portrait: Great tones, an exciting expression. Wonderful! Cheers,

Einat.

A photo of strong emotional impact. Excellent.

Dear Arif,

 

Great composition.Excellent capture

Keyifle seyrettik.

hem vurucu hem g�cl�

Tebrikler

 

Selda & Sinan

gercekten cok guzel..

 

great..

Excellent portrait work. Cong...

Cok basarili bir portre calismasi. Tebrikler.

I just liked a lot the challenging colours you preferred...

thanks for sharing...

 

this is just so powerful and moving you get my vote =)

Shame on anybody for even thinking that this is cute and shame on photo.net for allowing a badly abused child to be used in this manner. I feel this image should be deleted. Anybody who thinks this is cute is sick.

John, how do you know that he`s abused?

Is he crying? The tear on his left chick convinces us all that yes, he`s been crying. But at his age I was crying alot too, and I`ve never been abused. Does he look poor? Yes. Is he? Probably. But what moral law prohibes you taking photographs of poor people?

So, he is a poor little kid, all dirty, with a bird in his hands, a child that he`s been crying. Obviously this is all about probability. Probably what I said before it is true, even though the tear might be an appearence, and his messy look doesn`t absolutly imply poverty (kids in country side, especially little kids look like this almost regardless the social status of their parents).

So, the final questions. Is it possible that this kid was abused? Absolutely!

Is it probable that this kid was abused? No.

very strong story in this photo.

John,

 

If his face wasn't here no one would give a rats ar*e about him. If he is abused at least more thoughts will go his way now than before his face was put on PN.

 

But yea, I wouldn't call it cute but also wouldn't say its wrong. Photography isn't supposed to be about what is morally correct or incorrect. This type of image is supposed to pull your emotions apart and that is what this image does.

 

Great shot BTW

 

Ger..

Superb image!! The child holds this bird as if it were his last thread of hope - it is interesting that the bird is white - like a "Peace dove" - very powerful symbol of hope and peace - which this little child appears to be lacking at the moment. Just a very exceptional image - my deepest respect!

The eyes are captured perfectly. And bokeh is sublime. I would love to hear the story behing the picture. Great pic. Keep it up.

i had almost similar childhood or at least had many same childhood friends.

this is a real face of life as much as happy face of it.so can be photographed if the necessary permission had by photographer.

can this be abused? YES.but i dont think this is an abuse.because it is not shared in a political forum.it has been shared just on PN where politics is the last matter of subject.

if you think that this is an abuse , what do you think about abuse of HAPPY RICH KIDS.abuse of newborn babies, abuse of nu-bodies, abuse of love, abuse of any third world people, abuse of animals....abuse of ...abuse of...

 

best regards.