My Monkeys

JUPITER ISSUED a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest. The Monkey came with the rest and presented, with all a mother?s tenderness, a flat-nosed, hairless, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward. A general laugh saluted her on the presentation of her son. She resolutely said, "I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is at least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all."

- Aesop's "Jupiter and the Monkey"

Unlike the monkey, I am quite correct in asserting the handsomeness of both my children :-p Here they can be seen large.

Lumix G10, iPad, Filterstorm (a bit of tone mapping applied to the whole image; reduced contrast and warmer colour temperature applied with a mask to just my son's face; and increased luminance curve plus cooler colour temperature applied with a mask to my daughter), Blipfoto iPhone app.