The Conductor
This was taken at the same place as ‘boy alone’. I wanted to put it up because it really makes me smile and feel happy at the sheer lack on inhibition some children have – this is Abe being a conductor and singing his heart out – totally nuts!!!!! I admire this as i am and was as a child very self-conscious – so this is my tribute to those who are free-spirited!!!
(I have also put it up to put on my calender :0))
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Michael Douglass
WOW DEBORAH! what a capture, love it.
Lumineux
Oh my, this is a sensational, emotive piece of art. Words can not express how great this is.
Sharon Hammond
Well done. A beautiful image
Dave Pearson
I like the use of space here. Sometimes a 1/2 and 1/2 approach works. This is one of those times.
Helene Kippert
Wonderful Deb!
Naomi Frost
Magnificent, Deb. What a brilliant capture. I love how you can see his fingers and that little tuft of hair sticking up on his head. Just brilliant. So glad you put it up.
rebecca zachariah
Deborah, this is excellent. You have done great with this.
christhepostman
11out of 10 for me
Birgitta
I still go shopping barefooted. ;) (I’m very free spirited!)
It looks as if Abe here is bringing up the sun!
What a shot! And what a moment. :)
Deborah Bowness
This is fabulous Deb! Typical Deborah Parkin toning and everything, but also so cute, an awesome shot!!
SylviaHardy
This is very beautiful Deborah! Lovely work!
Dave Aarons
Excellent Deb, great capture
paulevelin
love to see these….
always very high quality…always.fascinating and inspiring
Annette Blattman
beautiful shot, very emotive, well done
midzing
stunning
StacyLee
Gorgeous work Deb!
Paul Tupman
This is wonderful Deb.. dont you just wish the spirit of a child could be bottled and passed onto adults.. we just get too caught up in the trivia of life.. I think the only time I sing my heart out now is whilst driving my car! I try not to let the strange looks bother me! Anyway, thisis a wonderful piece.. I love the silhouette and the light behind is just stunning! Love it!
Deborah Parkin
thanks everyone for such wonderful comments – so kind and really appreciate them.
I think you are right Paul – i would love to bottle it up – Abe was singing in the street not so long ago – people smiling at him as they walked past – he then said ‘you sing it mummy’ – i just clammed up, said i couldn’t remember the words – he didn’t let me get away with it ’ i will teach you’ – so i did – i sang out loud walking through Hexham and i was unforgivably self-conscious LOL!!! He didn’t notice a thing.
Lisadee
I think this is your best yet – or my most fav’ fav’.
Nicole Goggins
beautiful, beautiful image deb – just love it!
micmac
It’s fantastic,i love the little fingers.
Jing3011
a winner
Zigga
Beautiful work Deborah. I love how half the image is in silhouette – it makes it dramatic & very emotive.
gladders
Lovely shot Debs…..wonderful composition…love the sky…..wonderful silhouette! Nice one!
Dan Cahill
Deborah, Love it. You take such captivating images. Bravo to both Maestros.
mgadise2
i love it.
Geir Floede
The little boy who touch the sky. A wonderful piece.
floede
PhotogeniquE IPA
delightfully brilliant!
funkyfacestudio
Beautiful shot, I love how the light surrounds him and you gave it a great title too.
Jeff Burns
Beautifully done this is superb!
Cadence
Powerful piece! I can’t resist silhouettes, and the texture of the sky is just awesome :) Your photos always tell such wonderful stories!
ECGardner
I would love to have a carefree spirit like that… Like you, I was a shy and self-conscious child, and still am shy (although ironically I’m a professor and I talk to people for a living; go figure). You’ve really captured something wonderful and special in this shot, but of course you do that with every shot. :) I am so impressed with your talent (and a little envious, too!).
shawhouse
beautiful, great capture & b&w treatment. wonderful notes. I love the crazy stuff kids do because they feel like it. Adult shoppers don’t even blink when they pass a kid lying on the floor of the produce section, flailing arms and legs, singing “row, row, row a goat, I want some ice cream….” or something like that. An adult tries it and, bang, they tossed me right out – er….
aphoto4you
LOVE THE look of it…awsome mood…
Daniel Rayfield
this is brilliant keep going the way you are headed, masterpiece
David Taylor
Very atmospheric Deborah!
WitheringMoon
Just beautiful Deb, again that sky is quite dramatic – but the star of the show Abe he looks to be in his own little world – not a care, Superb!
Sean Farragher
fantastic
Sorin Reck
Fantastic
Halcyon007
Not so sure about conducting music Deb, but the image makes him look like he’s conducting the weather (Kate Bush’s cloudbusting video ring any bells???) but done in a Minority report style, its almost as though he’s just moving the clouds over there.
Love the dark silhouette, captures the interest superbly
Paul Louis Vil...
Really love the mood of this piece! So Symphonic!! :D
Michael Oubridge
TERRIFIC Well done :)
Trish Cooper
AMEN!!!! Here is to our free spirited souls….god love them…He loooks like he is conducting the sky…....angels sing this….wind please blow lightly….sun please shine brightly…clouds please sway back and forth and so on !!!! Until he is giggling with glee!!!!!! This made me smile for a minute so thank you so much!!!! Another masterpiece my dear!!!!HUGS Trishxxooxxoo
whitecrow
This is damned near perfection.
Kellie Kennedy
Magical, Deb. Your work is AMAZING!
memory
Such sensitive work Deborah.
Douzy
Great piece Deborah, made me smile too!! Love the simplicity of the silhouetting too.
berndt2
Awesome silhouette and framing!
Heather Davies
Fantastic image, puts a smile on my face too and reminds me of when my kids where younger and were like this!, love it!! :D
RoughDiamond
This is one of those pictures you could look at forever … x x x
Mugsy
Beautiful!
Mel Brackstone
Isn’t it fabulous to see them being so free and easy!!
paul777
A great capture, Deb.
Antanas
Great composition!!!
Catalin Soare
Exquisite! FAV!!!
kfphotography
this is a brilliant one!
Nikki Mulkern
I am so glad you posted this, what a fantastic image, the composition is brilliant, love all the details! Wonderful capture!
Antoine Dagobert
A Master piece!
Graham Dean
Great stuff, I wouldn’t be game to do this when I was a kid either, unless I thought no-one was watching, so seeing it brings memories to me. Regardless of that I think you’ve created another brilliant work of art, for so many reasons.
Louise Cooke
I wonder how big the audience was in his self-made moment of glory?!! Fantastic! He looks so impressive up there on his stage – wonderful emotive image Deb :))
Nicholas Averre
Simply wonderfull !! I recognised the setting straight away from ‘boy alone’ but this one has a very different feel to it. What a super character young Abe is – beautifully captured Deb !!
Martie Venter
A very arresting and powerful image – amazing work!
pmistric
Aww…this is amazing. I just love this so much. So full of life.
cdwork
This what photography is all about! Painting beautiful pictures with light. You’ve sure got a heap of talent.
Puffling
Wonderful!!!
Michelle Boyer
Love the silhouette
Naomi Mawson
This really makes me smile – Love it!
Steven Sandner
Great silhouette!
Melissa Kosswig
reminds me of that boy in the movie “AUGUST RUSH” [which i loved] so i adore this pic very much!
Robert Elliott
wonderful image
sinfilm
Excellent!
Melinda Kerr
Wonderful silhouette as always Deborah. Your B&W work is exceptional. I love the line Andrew put in his Soap Bubble story. ‘Does Deborah Parkin deliberately paint her family black and white for her photography?’ Great shot :)
moseszap
this is superb! absolutely magic, well done deb, you are really doing a brilliant job of capturing the way children think and act in their own little world! I love this one!
kkmeer
excellent!! such a good image
Biswajit Pandey
Lovely composition.
botticcelli
yes..excellent composition and great mood!
Shree
simply awesome moment captured by your amazing photogenic skills.
ash ashika
very lovely composition!
Jeremy Harrington
this is such a stunning shot.. amazing work Deborah
Marvin Tunstall
Really nice shot well done
huddlenan
Ive always wondered who made the clouds dance and sing in color! Now I know :) wonderful piece
stevenash
Great composition, beautiful contrast. I love it!
franzi
beautiful contrast!!! amazing shot
Melissa Emerick
I love your work! Black and white is my favorite and you do it beautiful!
Keiran Lusk
Perfect capture. Oh, to be as free-spirited and uninhibited as Abe. What a treasure of a moment. I hope he continues to conduct passionately and sing his little heart out.