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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Spring Faces

Leif & Lamb


With Easter chocolates on his face and his arms around a lamb, Leif melts my heart.


We had a fabulous Easter celebration at a friend's farm. More pictures to come, but for now I'm entering Leif and Lamb in this week's i heart faces competition. Check it out for more Easter and Spring themed photos.



32 comments:

Skeller said...

Heidi-
I LOVE this sweet portrait. Please share your "recipe". Please?

Capturing Sunshine said...

This shot is special. What an exceptional little "man."

tiff(threeringcircus) said...

Loving on that sweet little guy and his spring lamb!

Heidi said...

Susan~ Ack! You would ask me that! Maybe now is a good time to ask *you* how on earth you keep track of your recipes for photos that you edit? My best guess: PW's define and sharpen, (eyes) sharpen this and bring on the eyes, TRA's yin/yang to brighten one side of his face, pool party (40%?), claire-ify (30%?), smooth-o-matic. That seems to be my basic recipe lately. Sometimes I use PW's boost or TRA's oh, snap! to start with, and I play around with the opacity for pool party and claire-ify.

Colleen said...

Love it!!!! What a sweet photo!

Corey~living and loving said...

THAT is a winner right there! :) ♥ it!
have a great week!

Laurel said...

Heidi - I LOVE this picture. Just great!

Amanda said...

Great photo & the post-processing just makes it sing! Love it!

Frogmum said...

Stunning shot - LOVE it - spring, Easter, all rolled into one - Brilliant!! A winner me thinks :D

Amy - AKA - TigerMommie said...

Great shot.........so great for the theme!

Drew said...

This is a perfect spring picture! It's fun because it's unique from many of the Easter photos out there, but still speaks of Easter with the lamb and chocolates. Great capture!

Julie Rivera said...

This image jumps right off the screen. The sharp focus on the sheep's curly wool, the great composition and the color saturation all make for a wonderful image!

jennifer said...

really?! if this is amateur then they need a third category "beginner". what an amazing entry!

4chalseys@blogger said...

Perfect Spring/Easter shot! Love the composition and the subjects! Great photography!

Rosalyn-Sue said...

His wife will definitely appreciate this one day...what a handsome little boy...thank you for sharing...

All the best,

Rosalyn-Sue

Unknown said...

Oh my word. What a beautiful picture! So clear and crisp and beautiful! I love it :-) Are you sure you're an amateur? you sure dont look like it!! beautiful picture

Crystal said...

That is a GREAT shot!!! It would win if I was a judge, he is so cute!!

Unknown said...

Wow! What a fabulous picture! I love it!

lislynn said...

Love it! Thanks for sharing the "recipe" :)

Vinyl Rocks My World said...

Amazing shot - I love how clear it is, and the colors are perfect!

Taylor said...

This shot is so crisp. I really like the colours.

tumbleintodreams said...

So cute! Precious little boy!

Carebear said...

Wow - this is lovely. That expression on his face is so sweet, and you managed to capture him with a LIVE animal which earns you extra points in my book! Great entry.

Skeller said...

Thanks, Heidi!
Isn't it interesting how totally different Pool Party looks depending on the image it's being used on?
I must admit, I don't keep track of my edits unless I'm using them for the post (like the Fix It Friday stuff). I do, however, keep a casual pen & ink list of general recipes I've liked the outcome of (either ones I've done, or ones others have done).

Bling - our elf on the shelf said...

Oh, your blogg is filled with awsome photos. And this photo is a stunner :)

Amy said...

Precious! Love the cowboy hat :)

Mrs. McFadden said...

I love the cowboy hat and this picture says spring more than any I have seen so far. How sweet!

Beth@Pages of Our Life said...

Whoot! Whoot! Congrats Heidi for being in the top 10!

I always love your eye and processing!

Could you share what your favorite lens is for walking around and capturing your three handsome boys? I would love to know. We are getting ready to finally purchase our first DSLR. :D

Melinda said...

Heidi - somehow I missed seeing your photo this week...for that I apologize. It is an amazing photo! Congrats on your top 10 finish!

Clive and Dawn said...

such a great picture! love the boys smile

Lisa@saltandlightstudio said...

A lamb and a cowboy with chocolate face....now that is PRECIOUS! Congrats on making the top ten, you surely deserved it!

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April said...

This picture is PRICELESS! So cute!