I tried to bring you flowers ...

This is partly for the Get Pushed Challenge - http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/21051/get-pushed-82-monday-feb-10-to-sunday-feb-16 where I've been partnered with Gail @gailmmeek who challenged me to:

"I've had a browse through your pics and you have a great selection of styles. I wonder if I can challenge you to focus on emotions and expressions this week. Something that will trigger a response in the viewer. ... Does that sound life something you think you'd be able to enjoy doing?"

I had two thoughts for this series - the version I've just done, which is what happened when I found the red heart while looking for these roses, and another version starting with a coy looking mannequin with flowers behind his back, secondly offering his heart and finally jumping for joy. I have taken the shots for that series too.

It's also for the black and white bookclub B&W Bookclub, looking at form and selective colour. Week 3 http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/21068/bw-book-club-week-3-feb-10-16

Thank you for looking, you're all superstars and thank you for the fantastic response to Love Actually and Rejection yesterday and the day before - both of which are now on the PP and New Faces. You're all wonderful

[Lara J]

Ok I am absolutely in love with your last 3 days of photos...so creative. It's amazing how a wooden structure can display so much emotion. All 3 are my faves

[Shanne]

@gailmmeek - still playing and have some other ideas too but enough already

[Curtis]

wow such an incredible shot that tells so many stories i love it fav :)

[Gail]

Awww, that is so beautiful... full of emotion. You have excelled at your challenge - thanks so much for taking part and doing so well. FAV

[Ben]

well done Shanne, you've captured emotion very powerfully with your mannequin shots.

[Debi 🐩]

Brilliant series of shots

[Emiko]

Oh...no...That is too sad, Shanne...I enjoyed the story though...

[Lisa Targowska]

I think this is lovely. It really does evoke emotion... which is amazing given you are using mannequins! Fantastic.

[Siw Aina Stromoy]

Oh my, this is so sad...

[Richard Sayer]

Sniff, this is lovely Shanne, sniff, sniff.

[Shandy]

This is so sad...nice work!!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Excellent, the series of shots

[Jocasta]

This is absolutely fantastic - brilliant response to your challenge. v.v.clever and creative FAV

[Katie]

Poor, poor guy! Because of his lack of back/front, my brain first interpreted this image that he was thrown down on his knees with his head thrown back, but then I realized I had him inversed.

[Brianna]

Your shots of these are just amazing! You really did spark an emotion here, well done! :)

[Shelley]

I've been enjoying these shots.

[April]

Wow...so dejected.

[Call me Joe]

am loving your wood guy series--I really have to pull mine out from his closet..:)

[Iris]

emotion comes across - so sad!
Love how this one and the one yesterday is all soft tones, no blacks or greys.

[Taffy]

This is quite moving and a really successful response to the challenge. I like this series a lot!

[Tatulya]

Very emotional!

[Chris Stapleton]

Ha cool

[Gabes]

Aw I love them all but this is my favourite I think. Great response to your given challenge. I really love the stark colours with just a pop of colour each time.

[Call me Joe]

U rock on the PP,my friend !!:)

[Lou]

This would be a great entry for the six-word story challenge :)

[Anita Russell]

Another clever shot

[Loopy-Lou]

Great series of shots.

[Shanne]

@louuncouth I did think that - but it doesn't start until today - it's day early - thank you so much for looking and your comments

[Miley]

Hello!

[Robyn]

Very sad and creative. Great use of negative space too

[Keith Porteous]

Superb challenge efforts, been loving these!

[Peter Dulis]

very creative ...

[8yearson]

..... and love this too! Brilliant and creative series, so original, and the black and white is the icing on the cake. Fav.

[e.gad]

Another fav. That Bruno Mars song when I was your man immediately popped into my head when I saw this. "I should have brought you flowers when I had the chance..." It just added to the melancholy mood if the shot for me. Fabulous

[alta]

Aww! So sad!

[Barb Tatum]

I love what you've been doing with this little guy and how much emotion the shots show. I think I need to find one for my collection of props and junk!! LOL

[~~JT]

My brain did the same thing, @archaeofrog! I saw "our hero" in the throes of abject desolation. This is a great shot regardless of perspective! Terrific series. Definitely met the challenge, Shanne. Will we see the other series?

[Sue Rose]

I had exactly the same view as @archaeofrog and @voiceprintz and didn't see the other way until Katie mentioned it. Fantastic shot and who knew a wooden doll could evoke so much emotion?!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Oh so sad :o( xx

[Carly]

Great emotional end to the series

[Gail]

PS - check your tags, Shanne.... you've got get-pushed-92.... it should be get-pushed-82. :)

[Alison Tomlin]

Great series here. You've managed to capture a lot of emotion without even a face in play.

[Steve]

Have enjoyed the series of stories very emotional

[Shanne]

@gailmmeek thank you Gail, sorted that

[David H.]

fav this is splendid

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Thus is so evocative! Wow! The pose and lighting and title are amazing! Fav

[Nia]

Shanne you have done such an amazing job this week taking this inanimate figure and showing emotion! So well done!

[Steve Hollingsworth]

Very nice Shanne ,, well done in the pop page

[Suse♡]

Very strong effective and evocative serie, loved each of them but here the evoced emotions are the strongest, fav

[Linda]

Another fav! The sense of dejection is tremendous. Brilliant work with this little wooden guy.

[Judith Greenwood]

These are all really fantastic - you've really expressed the emotions.

[Kate Carling]

Your observational skills are just so incredible ...the body language of this series of mannequins is spot on. So much so that they evoke emotions. Congrats on the success of these photos - well deserved recognition.

[Andreas]

Brilliant series, this is so sad and emotional. Fav

[Otter Lyons]

Evokes strong feelings. Fav

[Krisztina Lacz]

that's coool!!!

[Charlotte]

So emotive, fantastic!

[Chloe]

I love the three day story and the emotion. I think your mannequin deserves some luck now though...

[Maria Ortega]

oh! My feelings... I love this composition :)