[MC74 and Friends] my additional entry for CHILDREN

My dear twin, fellows PNEH, painters, poets, Mr. Kiu and forum friends,

this photo of one of the most gorgeous babies I've ever seen was taken with the mother's permission. 

I saw the mother and child at the Farmers' Market in Midtown Manhattan. I thought they both looked beautiful, and I loved the colors of the mother's African outfit and the piece of cloth in which she carried her baby. I followed them for a while, trying to take a picture. But the mother was going from one stall to another and kept moving around, so I could not take any decent photo. Finally, she left the market and walked a few blocks to get a sandwich in Subway. I followed them inside Subway and decided to try my luck and ask for her permission to take their picture.
To my total surprise and delight, she smiled and said yes, and even patiently posed for me. I felt as if I just won a prize, and it made me happy the whole day.

He was tightly wrapped up, so I did not encounter any difficulty in taking his photo, without having to resort to Hie^n\ Lan's technique of taking pictures of babies, i.e. dig a hole in the sand to put him in (not sure how his mother would have reacted if I did that :-))

Goodnight
 from be^n Bo*\ So^ng
MC