"Costume is a small boutique in Dublin's city centre, usually fronted with elegant window displays of beautifully dressed mannequins. Last October, however, Marguerite O'Molloy was passing on her way for a manicure and found something startlingly different. The shop is on Castle Market, a pedestrian shopping area, O'Molloy says. It's a really lively, cool area and a regular haunt of mine; I actually met my husband in the famous Grogan's Castle Lounge pub on the opposite corner."
"O'Molloy took the photo on her phone, then used the Provoke Camera app to translate the image to black and white, and Snapseed to adjust the exposure a little. She did not, however, entertain the idea of editing out the reflection of a passerby, saying, The turn of her head and backwards glance, her cloak-like coat and the difference in scale between her and the monsters she makes the image work for me."
Costume is a small boutique in Dublin's city centre with elegant window displays of dressed mannequins. The shop sits on Castle Market, a pedestrian shopping area and a lively local haunt. Marguerite O'Molloy was passing by on her way to a manicure and encountered a Halloween-themed window tableau that struck her as hilarious. She photographed the scene on her phone, converted the image to black and white using the Provoke Camera app, and adjusted exposure in Snapseed. She preserved the passerby's reflection because the head turn, backwards glance, cloak-like coat and scale contrast enhanced the composition. A bicycle in the window suggested the Wicked Witch cycling scene from The Wizard of Oz. O'Molloy then chose Ruby Slipper red at the nail salon.
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