momento mori

in the style of David LaChapelle

http://www.featureshoot.com/2012/02/david-lachapelles-twist-on-baroque-still-life-paintings/

when looking for flowers to include I found the dead tui, we have had very stormy weather and I think it died of natural causes.

of course I had to include phallic elements, the broken statue alludes to his other still life work I could have been whackier with my item selections...

[kali]

@nicolaeastwood I included the mirror for get-pushed reflection

[Hope D Jennings]

Wonderful! I love his his series " The Earth Laughs in Flowers" .It really really spoke to me.I am so impressed with this vignette,Kali! Kudos to you for including the tui.It makes for a powerful image!

[kali]

@mzzhope I made this high key enough to be able to select the white background and replace it with a layer of another photo , it needed the candy-coloured punch

[Edie]

Beautiful colours!

[emily tull]

great set up

[kali]

@houdiniem thankies, took a lot of juggling around...

[Corrie]

This is surreal!! Awesome arrangement and a super Fav! (What does that comment on my shot mean Lol?)

[Nicola Eastwood]

wow, that is amazing.....FAV!

[kali]

@genesis_one @nicolaeastwood thanks for the favs :) I enjoyed making this

[JulieCo]

This looks like an old master still life painting in the Dutch genre - except for the Tui!

[David Orman]

Inspirational composition

[Peter Dulis]

So colorful - nicely done

[Stephanie Swift]

Great colour and composition.

[Yao RL]

Fantastic, You got the challenge done well. the death of the tui is so much in line with Earth Laughs in Flowers. Congratulations!

[belinda]

A piece of art, wonderful.

[Rachel]

Very cool, great for the challenge and fab composition

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

very nice! Love the bird

[Amrita]

Fav! Absolutely fantastic! Am inspired to try this... :-)

[GiGi]

The colours and placement here is brilliant