Premium Photo Competition 2013 Q2 : Entry Number 551

A well told story in three layers, technically well done with the reflections of the trees adding extra force to the boys emotions. Great photo.

Shot on a cloudy day at a colleagues’ reunion. This handsome little guy named Warre had to go to bed and already said goodnight to all guests in a ‘Sound-of-Music’ kind of way. Entering the house he saw his chance to stall his bedtime moment, surprised his mom, ran back to the window and waved ‘goodbye’ to us again. It was an adorable moment on a cozy evening, captured as a ‘snapshot’ as I only had a fraction to focus manually. What I like in this picture are the waving hands of Warre and my colleague Bas. The posture of both hands are similar but mirrored and show the essence of this photo. Taken with a Leica M9 + 35mm f 2.0 Summicron III lens. Besides cute little Warre the main credit of this picture goes to ‘the Leica’ and it’s manual focus; I just love how the M9 makes me look at things differently. Many thanks to the Premium Photo Competition Jury for rating my picture with a 'Mark Of Excellence'-star, I feel honoured and really proud! Chris Vissers, Belgium