Mannequins

The mannequin here feels almost human, mostly due to a focused and subtle light source of the lips and nose and chin area. The light just highlights one eye ball. Nicely taken using f/3.5 and a fixed 50mm lens. Great shot.

A nicely composed image, using the female mannequins looking out of a window with the striking hue of the red light casting down upon them. Great looking over shoulder posing. Maybe the photographer would have had to get to a reasonable height to take the shot and this makes it work all the more.

A bit of a crazy window display , and with a single mannequin always helps to focus the attention of any passerby. Not many reflections this time helps. The silver balloons help fill the space and the whole design is promotion of the garments being worn by the mannequin.

A very strong winning image, I liked this one for its power, symmetry, and uniformity. Also the fact that the mannequins are looking away from camera. I am intrigued as to what display they form, and some of the lighting is from beneath which adds to the atmosphere to the figures. Nice shallow focus aimed on the central mannequin. Great.

Loved the humourous combination of the legs sat down and the top half being Mona Lisa. There is an unfortunate window reflection of a white van, but this didn't put me off from giving this a top 10 scoring. Great street photography capture!

This is an observational shot and feel this type of photography really helps to answer this brief. The mannequin this time is just legs and they are positioned on top of a very full waste bin. Gives the impression that a person is stuck head first in a bin. Random people stood about, and a random scene, but works well. Nice and sharp.

The white mannequins standing very proudly on the steps of this Manor House look great, but they look even better with the sunset light which just comes into shot. The only slight question is what's happened to the wooden chair on the left? Nice use of ISO 100 to keep the image as high a quality as it deserves, well done.

I think I was expecting to see more images like this one, with piles of discarded mannequin body parts, in weird and wonderful shapes and places. But this hasn't been the case, so when I came across this shot, I thought it worked really nicely with the blue mannequin and its pose. The side light of the sun too is great.

The backlight makes this image work so well for many reasons. Seeing through the mannequin and seeing the seams is important. I like the slight twisting of the head, and I think f/4 gives the back cloth a slight out of focus feel making the figure be the focus.

Everything about this shot says New York! Reflections have been such a large part of this competition, and this shot uses a reflection of such intense skyscrapers and blue sky so perfectly. The fabric at the bottom of the mannequin looks like it could be mist and part of the reflection. Nicely framed shot, and a moment in time caught perfectly.

This image is such a random view. I love it. The fashion shop is on the street and probably the entire clothing range is worn by the mannequins. Some concrete boulders scattered around the dirty floor and the feet of the mannequins.

Great light touching the profile of the face and neck of the mannequin here, The darker background helps the figure stand out as does the hot red colour of the clothing. I thought this was a simple but really effective shot.

I wanted to comment on this shot as raises questions for me more than anything. What is this mannequin doing in the middle of a lake. How long has it been there? Who put the high viz vest on it? Think it works well in the centre of the frame. It looks sharp, but might normally need more than one 80th of a sec if holding camera by hand.

There is some great humour in this shot, and I wanted to highlight it. All very random again, which is why it works. The line of mannequins show ladies apparel, all with different hair styles and colours, slightly different stances. The owner is next in line.

This image almost made it to the top 10 for me, as it is a great moment of interaction of the children and the mannequin. When photographers try to make the mannequin look more human, the image is so much more effective and interesting, and this image is definitely that. Nice natural light helps create a natural moment.