A Captivating Read
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by menele:
Love the setup here, great fun!

A Captivating Read
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by NiallOTuama:
"You are what you read" would be a better title, I think.
I like it.

A Captivating Read
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by Connolly:
Takes time to see it, which is good. Colours a little lost, choice of book colours could change this a lot.

Seal Toes
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by bucket:
pretty freaky..like living teepees...

The Foam Breaker
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by beaflies:
This is a really great substitute for the 'real' thing. Love the color and lighting!

A Captivating Read
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by VivianFrerichs:
this 'book man' is great! well done!

The Foam Breaker
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by Walkaboutwolf:
This is great - love the perspective and composition!

A Migrant Mother's Meager Meal
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by hawkeyefilms:

Originally posted by Jutilda: I'm really shocked. This got a 10 from me.

I appreciate that. Not to knock the other "migrant mother" image in this challenge but I felt that I executed this representation much more precisely yet I can understand how my soft focus must have not sat well with the voters. Well at least it chops up to a good learning experience. I should have left the mother in focus. Seems like i fooled some into believing it was the original print out of focus in the background and not a recreation. Is it not obvious that those are mannequins and not real children? That actually part of the reason I defocused the mother and children, because I couldn't stand the inaccurate details. Now in hindsight I wish i would have built on this and made the image much more artistically stylized and used the mannequins to that advantage.

A Migrant Mother's Meager Meal
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by hawkeyefilms:

Originally posted by LevT: very good idea, the setup is a little too "clean" to convey it

Thanks and I agree, this particular foreground theme was a last minute addition when my first idea didn't pan out. It should have been as gritty as the moment itself

A Migrant Mother's Meager Meal
by hawkeyefilms

Comment by LevT:
very good idea, the setup is a little too "clean" to convey it