Gabriel.

With this one you project a feeling of innocence, purity, and simplicity onto the viewer. The pleasingly de-focused background fits perfectly. Compliments!

Oh boy the above comment says it very well and I totally agree. A wonderful portrait Emmanuel. Take care.

BR,

Holger

Latent force. A confident young man. A portrait with a lot of character...

Excellent capture and a fine presentation.

Regards,

TSR

The asking face ... works great. BR JV

Fantastic portrait of Gabriel, he is a big boy.

Cheers.

You have wonderful pictures in colour - I always admire them. This one works as well in b&w. The light is amazing and the boy's eyes and expression are priceless. One can look and look at the picture trying to think with the boy. There's smth more behind this look - smth. he wants to say, or ask... I don't think it will be easy to find an answer... Congratulations, my friend.Warm regards, Tamara

I agree with what the others have said about this. It's a nice image. I have one observation and suggestion. The processing you used was good, except that the shirt looked a little overprocessed and harsh to me. I modified the right part of the image to show you a softer look in that area. I'm not claiming my treatment is inherently better, but maybe an alternative worth considering.

BTW, I copied the layer and used a little gaussian blur and a layer mask to let most of the original show through, except for his shirt.

Your son becomes more 'beautiful' with each year. I suppose I should - or will be saying in the near future 'more handsome', but while he is still a child,  "Beautiful' seems to 'fit'.

A lovely intimate capture, such amazing eyes. If he doesn't already have the little girls following him everywhere, it won't be long!!!

Sincere regards, Gail