I like it. Interesting situation. Moment of thinking. Rest.

I like this one. She is looking out, but by the look of her state of awake I expect not seeing much back. The hand on the shoulder is perfect too. A real family comfort image.

I'm glad you were forced to search through old images, because this one is certainly worth posting. The title of the image suits this so well, not only is Rhowan drifting into her own world, Amirah is in her own as well. Maybe that's obvious, but it took me a while to notice what appears to be a gameboy. I do wish that there were more highlights in the image, as it seems a bit flat. However, the depth of field really adds to it, bringing your attention to Rhowan's face. Cool shot.

Beautiful. She is so peaceful.

I personally would up the contrast a bit (with my wife looking over my shoulder going "no! too much! too much!") but the use of DOF makes it a great capture IMO. Well trawled!

:-)

Nice shot. That trademark silky-smooth Chromasia toning...!

How come you shot at f5?

This is great. How could you skip it the first time? :)

I really like this image. I read the image as Rhowan looking tired of waiting to play the game console. Only a child could give that look of sheer despondency. Very touching.

Just plain beautiful! Great capture... a treasure. Can't believe you had to hunt through old images to find this gem. SHAME SHAME!

Lovely...

what a wonderful tender moment.

peaceful is a proper word for this. very wonderful.

This is a lovely picture.

Wonderful shot... so peaceful.

would be interesting to see the word she is drifting to

a wonderful, beautiful image. really lovely!
regards

i think "drifting into a world of her own" is the most appropriate phrase. A lovely world, no doubt. And your pictures are always so pleasant to the tired eyes after a long day.

The right hand side of the image is fantastic, i reall like that bit, but on the left, the masking (or something) looks a bit dodgy, the girl looks almost super imposed onto the photo and round the bottom of her ear, you can see a definate line where some sort of mask was applied, but not right to the edge of the ear.

Nice DOF and soft focus. The b&w works a treat.

Photos like this make me want to get a telephoto lense. Beautiful moment captured.

Awwwww! That's so adorable! I'm not sure if it's just a difference in our culture nowadays but kids in Canada are never ever this close to their siblings I find. Well in my family anyways.

That's just beautiful Dave! I'm glad you had to go back to your archives and look around.

Wonderful expression and all the more powerful by Rhowan being genuinely unaware of the camera (although your kids probably think it's your fifth limb by now!). Great silky toning (what's happening with those tutorials!?) and good tight crop. There are still some gems in the back catalogue.

Thanks everyone.

Gabriel: I did produce a more contrasty version, but ended up liking this one better.

Arthur: I can't remember why I was using f/5.

Toxic Lens: I'm not sure. I guess that at the time I didn't like it quite as much as I do now.

SteveO: it's motion blur. The only masked area of this image is the vignette.

Lex: I'm sure everyone's getting bored with this response, but we're working on them.

I love this one. How sweet!

Perfect in every way. I love this picture!

Hmm this doesnt look like f/5 to me. Has it been blurred in photoshop? I like her gaze though, sort of distant. I agree with someone above that the left part is distracting.

Both absorbed in thought... very sweet.

David I guess it is good that it is not an ideal world, just like fondness grows with distance, our desire for doing something grows with not doing it. I guess if you had 4 hours a day to photograph, soon you would get bored of it.

this is so sweet :) I always love those pictures where you show us your babies. :)

So sweet!