This photo is great! You capture great photos of your children.

strangely enough, I like yesterday's shot better than this one
I like the different skin tone (yesterday) over today's B&W, and the fun over the introspective of a little kid
great shot, though

This is a really good shot, and it has a good depth, but I am not completely pleased with it. It almost seems pale...
You don't have a colour version of it? Would be great to see what it looked like with colours..

I also (see Hungaro's comment) prefer yesterday's photograph for basically the same reasons. Something about the B&W and overall composition just doesn't move me as I believe you may have intended.

Still a nice shot, but my preferences are elsewhere :)

This is my favorite from the last few days. There is something much more intimate about it to me. If I was there I would want to reach up and put my hand up as well. This has much more emotion in it for me.

I think I agree that this is the best of the three. Interestingly, although by accident, it looks as if your kid is jokingly saying "enough now Dad!". A great set of shots with lots of warmth.

Thats a cool shot. Did you get him to pose like that or was that just accidental? Very deep.

Beautiful shot. I feel like I should be toweling off my monitor.

that last shot is good, but the two before were too much "snapshots" to me, i always get that feeling when people start taking photographs of their children tho

This is definately the best of the three, truely a great picture.

I can relate to the comments about the color vs. B&W issue, but as a total the motif, the composition, the textures created by the water - IMHO, they all make this picture a piece with an artistic depth the other two lack.
On the other hand, the two earlier pictures in the series, to me, hold a somewhat disturbing intimacy - maybe because of the very lively colors; It's like one can almost feel the moist of the room and the discomfort of intruding the kids' own, private moment. But that might just be me speaking as a parent of two very, well, very "distinct personalities" demanding their own private spheres... Or it might just be your fantastic abilities, Dave, to catch that very intimacy so brilliantly well.

Still, this is my #1 in the series.

I think this is beautiful, definitely my favourite of the three.

I agree with U David, interesting shot...

My favorite is yesterdays, but the first one and this one are tied, cant pick. B/W does well on this one, but I think the first day would of been good in b/w also.

I really love it. It has like a overpowering feel to it. It's a little mysterious. I don't really like the light tint to it though. Would've been better in B/W.

I think is a little bit dificult to say wich one of the three is my favorite because even though they are all about your kids in the shower they had a very particular composition. The composition in this one is just awsome and the b & w wow. Congrats for this serie. :)

this makes me think of a horror movie :P

David....this one better make it into your portfolio. 'nough said. These last three shots have been superb.

There's something really sad about this one. I am not sure why but it has to be in the hand dragging down the glass.

I'll have to agree with the bit from zdwyatt about sadness in this one. Although I may have approached it from a different perspective. I have not looked at the site for several days, so I actually saw this most recent one before the others. They are all very moving, but I actually find this one to be most powerful.

I'm torn between this one and yesterday's—both are abstract and emotional at the same time, but I am partial to wanton goofiness, so yesterday's picture has the edge in my opinion. :)

Much prefer this one, why? B&W, toned well, better composition and more of a story (in my mind anyway).

Was the flash bounced off the ceiling or...?

All of these shots are wonderful, but to me this is just a little too sad and forlorn. I really loved the way the second shot captured the goofiness and fun of childhood; it brought me back to younger days with my brother. As always though, I'm amazed at the quality of your work. These were great fun and wonderful, thank you for sharing them.

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I definitely like the first one the most! The intimacy of that shot is striking, the composition is great... I'd like to see it in B&W or monochrome, though!

for one reason or another, it reminds me of a poem we had to analyze back in the day, called 'rising five'. the poem is about how children aren't 'four' in their minds, they're 'almost five' - and so ensues a tale of how most people spend their lives looking at tomorrow, instead of experiencing today. with this shot - and i think its the monochrome that does it - you have a a huge contrast in age. the B/W and the pose create this mature scene.. but when a child is implemented into it, the whole thing is thrown off.

i wish i was better at explaining :-/

anyways. after much searching - and shuffling through all the essays on it (god bless GCSE cheat sites) i found the poem. it is, as follows:

'I'm rising five,' he said,
'Not four,' and little coils of hair
Unclicked themselves upon his head.
His spectacles, brimful of eyes to stare
At me and the meadow, reflected cones of light
Above his toffee buckled cheeks. He'd been alive
Fifty-six months or perhaps a week more:
not four,
But rising five.
Around him in the field the cells of spring
Bubbled and doubled; buds unbuttoned; shoot
And stem shook out the creases from their frills,
And every tree was swilled with green.
It was the season after blossoming,
Before the forming of the fruit:
not May,
But rising June.
And in the sky
The dusk dissected the tangential light:
not day,
But rising night;
not now,
But rising soon.
The new buds push the old leaves from the bough.
We drop our youth behind us like a boy
Throwing away his toffee wrappers. We never see the flower,
But only the fruit in the flower; never the fruit,
But only the rot in the fruit. We look for the marriage bed
In the baby's cradle, we look for the grave in the bed:
not living,
But rising dead.

If I had to choose one of the 3, I would probably pick this one, but with a tighter crop.

I'm not sure which one I prefer, but I'm cracking up because before I read the caption I thought he was peeing. Great shot, but I think I would like it better in colour also.

The first of the series did nothing for me. The second made me smile. I liked the colors and the playfulness of it. The third feels like the strongest composition, but it does feel heavy or somber. My daughter saw it and described it as "spooky" but I think she's thinking of the legendary "shower scene". Come to think of it, it's sad that she and her generation tend to immediately associate something so innocent to a scary movie they once saw.

Anyway, what I like about this one is the anonymity of it. I tend to favor anonymous pictures. Maybe I'm struck by the intimacy of this shot even though it's still anonymous. One thing which distracts me, or maybe attracts me, is the scar on the index finger. But as a father, I would NEVER suggest that you do anything to get rid of it, since that makes it personal.

--tif

This one is my favorite of the last three! It's perfect. Keep it up. :)

Misteryous atmosphere... what could happen?

Kjetil: the colour version didn't work out all that well with this shot, mostly because I couldn't get the colour balance right. And, IMO, I think monochrome suits the contemplative feel of this one.

Raffi: no, this wasn't posed.

pryce: while both our youngest daughters do have very distinct personalities they do both enjoy each other's company and, more importantly, they both love been photographed. I think the fact that they can run round and look at the preview is a big bonus for them as they get some immediate gratification. They both like looking through chromasia too, particularly the thumbnails page.

Daaave: yes, the flash was bounced off the ceiling. This was taken in a relatively small room so the light tends to bounce around a fair bit.

Alex: thanks.

miklos: I know what you mean, but I like the space in this one.

tif: actually, her finger isn't scarred, this must be a mark/scratch on the shower.

More generally, regarding the 'spooky' feel of this shot: I think she had just paused for a moment. She tends to stand in the shower letting the water run over her face, and I think she just got lost in the moment.

Such an 'adult-like' pose for a smile child. The B&W gives the photo the added mood that fits the title of the photo.

Out of the three, I liked yesterday's photo the most. It was such an innocent and carefree capture of what it feels like to be a kid. Cheers.

Excellent, every day, excellent.
Congratulations.

Life is beautiful...

Pierrot.

Looks like an older man, more than a child, leaning on a wall in shame... when in real life he's probably just discovering that he has a pee-pee!

Pramesh: "she", it's my daughter ;-)

Anyway, thanks everyone.

Very cool, but...................... Yesterdays!

Superb shot.

Great picture! Nothing to say more about it :-)