i think its funny...we all know babies have involuntary movements and cant understand anything, which is why capturing this shot is funny it was great timing...if a two year old did it, it would be a result of seeing someone or a bunch of people do it therfore could be a result of bad parenting...and it wouldnt be as funny

love the simplicity of this

Arnt^

Great shot ..... Laughing....... Yes ... Good to go easy with the ego trip Giuliani if little kids that don't know better army laughing at nothing were screwed as humans

You can' t remove it, only replace it. Just because we feel it's not really on theme doesn't mean it has to go. It probably just won't rank very high. Just better luck next time, ok?

Amen Author, I Just Took My baby Girls Pic off For this same Reason, I Hop you Win My Dear This is One Heck of a Laughter going on

IMO this isn't even funny... babies have involuntary movements and have nooooooo understanding of anything.. now had it been a 2 year old giving the finger it would be hilarious given they have some concept and obviously would have learned it ..

sorry, I have to agree with Jawshoewhah and Friishkiwi...

It's not exactly what I would say is on theme either. Generally you want the person to be looking at the camera.

i don't know, i think it's kind of funny. yeah it's not exactly an expression but you could look at the baby flipping the camera off as a reaction for sure. i laughed really hard when i saw this, so i say keep it. but that's just my opinion.

lovely photo, but off theme I think.

I feel it's on topic, we have real laughter. I would have cropped some of the photo behind the girl. As for explaining what people are laughing at, I suspect many of us have taken photos of people laughing, which is why we took the photo in the first place, but we would not be able to remember why. This is not a contest, where we in a week can go out and look for laughing people.

good enough explanation for me....what better thing to laugh at!!

i love this photo!

@ adeincyprus: yes, my own guidelines, but the question is" is this entry following the guidelines?" it's a YES/NO question!! Hey, guess what?! NO! If the little girl was laughing at someone, a short excplanation would have been already there. the real problem is that people have no respect for these contest and upload everything they can find on their pc and are a little suited.

I think this is on theme, it just needs the author to explain what the little girl is laughing at, as per the guidelines for the contest...............'If it's not obvious from your photo what the person is laughing about, mention it in your description'.........your own guideline wording!!

Yes, pretty daughter, but is it on theme???? Don't think so. This is not a plain laughing contest.

nice sentiment

Good one....Emotions portrayed well....

Lovely

I agree with you about just another shot of a room and I love angles, but I just think this one is a little too sharp.....jmo............

lovely idea, not sure about the angle!

great

Cute

Is your mother REALLY over 60?

cool...

That's a nice sentiment, author... I hope you shared it with her.

I'm with her.

bear in mind author, the contest says 'elders' not elderly........there is a difference.

I undersatnd you well

Beautiful shot, beautiful moment and a very beautiful child.

nicely captured, very tender. nice entry

Too cute!!!

Beautiful feeling portrayed.....Too good....

Well Adeincyprus i didnt say dont crop but i said as the image is cropped one the resolution seemed a bit less effective. I didnt say no to crop..Hope you got my point.

Very lovely.....

nice capture.......I am sure this fits, even if it isn't on the cheek!!.it is a tender moment.

lovely

Good job

well done author.....still looks okay!

still it looks good

Govindrathod, what are you saying here, the shot is on theme, except the nose, ok, so all you have to do is crop the nose.....simple...........!!

She's really very sweet and cute.

I think cropping is allowed Auther but as the contest say's "photograph a person's lips. Only the lips"

cute 1

Stylin shades!

Well the image looks cropped one and hence not that effective.

I agree Kyricom...my 14 year old just passed the 6'2" mark...enjoy your time author it goes by so quickly

this is cute

Very nice shot. I remember when I could hold my sons like that... now they're 6'2"