Welcome to the World
by firstduchess

Comment by Neil:
Lovely shot, very well captured with a great "soft" feel to it. Congratulations!

Welcome to the World
by firstduchess

Comment by dannylee:
Gorgeous image, congrats

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Comment by cheegirl:
This is simply perfect! congrats.

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Comment by firstduchess:
A comment about the large flower - we put it there for two reasons, one, we wanted to avoid showing the nether regions, but in this pose, she moved. The second reason was she had the clamp on the umbilical cord still attached and it didn't look very pretty, so we put the flower in front of it to hide it.
The baby is actually lying in a large sea shell, but for this image i had zoomed in close. It was remarked that the image is very much like Anne Geddes, it was not my intent to imitate her, I was simply trying to create a beautiful image of a 4 day old girl for her parents. I hope it was not thought that I intentionally copied her images or anything.

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Comment by IreneM:
This is the must beautiful baby photo I've ever seen. Congratulations on your well deserved blue ribbon.

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Comment by firstduchess:
WOW!!! i'm so excited to have won. I photographed this little angel on the night the challenge began, but I had no idea of the challenge. I was simply practicing newborn shots for a friend. Then, on the 18th I discovered the topic and thought, hey I could try this photo, it fit. Much to my surprise and joy, it did well, very well!

Thank you so very much for everyone who voted and especially all of those who left comments. It is a huge thrill for me to have won this contest!

Welcome to the World
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Comment by Gunnsi:
What a great job for your friend :-)

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Comment by jdannels:
Congratulations Diane, and i must say you came back to dpchallenge with quite a bang! I knew we would be close from the show your new scores thread and you got me. Your image is great and I look forward to seeing you near the top in the future.

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Comment by Mick:


Message edited by author 2008-03-27 00:38:01.

Welcome to the World
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Comment by sherpet:
We are all born with a special gift, and your gift is taking images of new born babies.....
I have falling deeply in love with this image, and thank you for sharing it with us.
You so deserved this "Blue" ribbon....."CONGRATULATIONS".....