Well, nice to meet you little FInley. A tiger fan?

You can see he's already thinking, 'How many photos is this guy gonna take?' :-)

How adorable! Can already see the little twinkle in his eyes....oh wait, that's his dad's camera flash ;)

Nevermind, just noticed that you didn't use any flash! He's a beautiful little boy as it is :D

He's got fair skin, if it helps :) - handsome boy and a good choice on the name.. has a nice ring to it :)

he is very chubby and cute and he seems to have grown up in the past few days. what does his name means????

Precious sweet darling! Beautiful face, cute little shirt, good name.
Gorgeous shot of a loved little baby.

I wish I had a photoshopper in my life to learn whatever complicatedly technical skills are required to photoshop (I am far too technically lazy for such a thing), because you manage to create such human essence with whatever it is you do. I have a feeling it would be there with or without the photoshopping though. I can't imagine this photo not having beautiful spirit, which is what I love about it.

Makes me want to hold the baby cheek to cheek. Ah, the memories! The smell of a new baby!

How's the family coping?

Did you notice? The curl of his blanket almost looked as if we were viewing him from his mom's eyes, with him lying against her belly. If it hadn't been for the stitching at the top of the picture, I would have assumed that as skin.

Beautiful boy, nice British name! ;-)

Finley George... Finley's fair, but "George!"...now there's a name! (not that I'm biased or anything... ;-) Going by his shirt, I s'pose his nickname is Tigger?? T - I - DOUBLE GG - RRRR...

Finley George is an absolutely beautiful baby, Dave. I really like the name, too. You must be very proud. As for cliché, if someone complains about this being cliché that's, well, cliché. ;)

You did a great job with such shallow DOF. At f1.8, it's so easy to screw it up if the intended focal point is even a hair off.

I like his name. Good choice, Mr. and Mrs. Nightingale.

Nice.I Iike the soft tones and the soft focus effect and the short DOF.

You're lucky, in a couple of years to get an infocus shot of him you'll need to go @ 1/2000 shutter speed. ^_^

Best of luck.

That is the cutest thing! Makes me go all; awwww. anyways, he's gorgeous ;)

George! Great name, but I'm a little biased. My wife and I are having our first baby in January and your pictures of George are getting me excited for our son to come into the world. I especially like the fingers one. Awesome as usuall.

Absolutely Lovely. I really like his eyes. Great Focal point! Sharp, Intense. That contrast with the rest of the pictures is nice. He's got the "eye of the Tigger!" Welcome Finley.

Congratulations!!!

Why did you wish more room on his right though? It's in good balance. If anything, I'd give more room on his left, but in sum, I think it's good as it is.

Oh and all the best to the newcomer!

Congrats to you, Libby and the girls, those lips are too much. It almost looks as if you can see your reflection in Finley's eye. . . beautiful (as always) ;)

Finley George Nightingale eh? Nice moniker... Welcome to the world little Finley.
Nice shot as usual Dave.

This shot is way better than "half-decent". Cute kid! Congratulations again! And I wouldn't worry about this being a cliche shot. Everyone has to have at least a few soft-focus baby shots in the album. That and bathtub shots (which I just got done taking of my 2 little nephews for my sister). I'm sure you'll have plenty of chances to take some different shots. He'll be doing all kinds of funny stuff before long. :)

Congratulations! What a great looking little guy. Best Wishes.

Finley George is a beautiful baby!
David, this picture is perfect, don't look for more!!! no cliché here. Your image is very unique in tones, light and composition, truly.
I cen definitely see some similarities with R and H.

Thanks, I knew something great was coming!

Makes me remeber something an ex once said to me. "Don't call me cute. Cute just means ugly but interesting." Draw your own conclusions.

I like the very shallow DOF. It gives a soft focus effect that I really like.

In a couple of years your 1/60 shutter speed ain't going to cut it ^_~

Maria: Finley means "fair warrior" and George, I think, means, "farmer". A better explanation for the choice is that we liked Finley and George was my Grandfather's name.

joan: the family are fine. Libby's still a bit tired, which is to be expected, but the other kids have all been great with him.

Mandie: that hadn't occured to me, but I see what you mean.

Leo: yep, I don't imagine he'll stay still for long ;-)

He's such a darling...

Very cliche, but newborn babies aren't quite as perfect as some people like to believe, so I appreciate why you've given it the soft-focus effect. Lovely names too.

A warm welocme to your 1st boy, I think the name Finley may prove a good choice.
The description fair warrior may have nothing to do with colour but the quality of his fight and with that many girls in the house he'll need to be a fair warrior!
:-)

Does every photo you take is fantastic? Or you just choose those worth sharing with. I wonder 'cause I am still a rookie in photography and only one in a 1000 shots is good :)

Anyway. I am following you fotoblog and am amazed at some of your photos. Great shots and great colors !

No words to say... just... cute Tigger fan! :-)

Some years into the future, maybe at a party:

Finley: Hi, I'm Finley
Someone: Finlay? That's a nice name.
Finley: No, Finley, with an 'e'.
Someone: Oh, OK. Hey, come and meet my mate Jeff. Jeff, this is Finlay.
Jeff: Hi Finlay.
Finley: ... Sigh.

Sorry... ;)

Beautiful baby. Gorgeous eyes. I just want to say though that I think its sad to work on a photograph in order to get perfection. He is perfection. Blips and milk spots and bruises and dry skin and all. He has been on a long journey getting here and should wear his "scars" with pride. He's gorgeous. Reality is better than good. It beats blurs and soft focus any day.

Welcome to the world Finlay. I hope you see it in sharp focus.

Sorry, Finley, I spelt your name wrong ;-) and posted twice. Duh.

Finley George is adorable. He looks so cuddly. Wonderful photo and I wish the whole family a fun time watching him grow.

Yes, you see. You know this little fella. Well, I say know him, only recently. Alwight Finley my son!

Lovey name, and a gorgeous photo to do with it :)

Thanks everyone, and I would write more but our two year old has a cough and every time I try to write she wakes up with an ear-splitting "DAAAAAAAAD!" :-)

SO CUTE.

Oh boy...another amazing kid! Those eyes...oh boy!
Congratulations to you and special kiss to your wife! Wish all the best to all of you!

aww.. he's adorable. Congratulations. :o)

he's very very cute. Congratulations again and nice shot!

I would love to learn how you make your photos so soft... I just had a little baby girl and ive been takin tons pf pix ad tryin to play with it in Photo shop but I still cant get these soft colors you get...how do you do that? By the way your son is adorable...all the best

This one reminds me of my son. Infant state. freshly new life ahead of him incapable of mistakes, not a care in the world. Another perfect photograph!!! How do you do it?

Congratulations!!
I was thinking about you the other day and wondering if you'd had your baby yet. I've had mine now, she's 6 weeks old and called Poppy, I have a photo of her on my blog, it's actually a bit similar in style to this one and for the same reasons !

'Hi, i have a son named Finley too! He is born 6 september 2002, so a little older. Nice picture of Finley you made!