Something, or everything about this just makes me look in wonder. It's one of those pictures that just sort of stir thoughts and emotion the longer you look at it.

I kind of like the difference between the clouds on the left bottom corner and upper left corner; they help to sort of add to the mood of it all. Speaking of...

I like the pose of DH in this. It's not exactly a pose, nor is it exactly motion. When I look at it, I imagine it as a sort of declarative moment. A moment of resolution, of defiance, of determination. A moment that sort of stands still before leaping off to flight, to resolution of problems. It's a really well done dignified pose that while not being too complex, has a strong emotion to it...

Sorry if I'm going overboard in this. I'm a fan of things that give them their moment in the sun, rather than just use the old simple joke character definition, which you've done wonderfully here. I also have a bit of a past with being somewhat on the end of jokes, so I overly sympathize with characters of that nature, if that makes sense....

Thank you for posting this, I won't soon be uncheered.