"Her New Little One..."

Deb, Your close crop is very effective at showing the closeness of mother and child; it is an effective composition.

 My personal tastes are such that I do not particularly care for the fading effect of your framing.  I may be stuck in a historical rut but I always visualize the image, the matt and the frame as separate materials.

Jerry

Hi Deb, maybe if you can clone out the hair strands on top LHS (background area) and on the Mother’s eye you would improve this great image even further. Lighting, skin tones and the B & W conversion are very good. Regards.

lovely and sweet shot