To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by tvsometime:
For such an iconic novel and familiar story, it is painful to see it interpreted or "inspired" in this way. The book itself is the antithesis of this image insofar as the message is to "not kill a mockingbird". On the other hand, the image is technically and even artistically well done with excellent tonality and details including its gritty texture. The processing to include some arty vignetting is quite well done. If this were somehow more sympathetic to the book, I could feel comfortable with giving a 6 or maybe better. But for this topic only a 5.

To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by RyanW:
graphic.
i don't like the very graphic nature, but i appreciate that this is part of life and happens to us all. art is also about pushing peoples boundries of acceptability, to make them see more than the surface.
a 6 from me for that.

To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by tanguera:
Haunting, tragic, splendid. Much like the novel

To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by Melethia:
What a find - sad but fascinating, and beautifully photographed.

To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by Tiberius:
Need to explain a bit. The mere anatomy of the bird on the cold rock is beautiful. The dark area looks like the last drops of its soul are crossing the last passage. I wonder if more details in the dark area of the tail would have brought more to the image. I also would have tried a softer focus. But all these do not matter and won't alter the vote. Good luck 8

To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by mariuca:
What a beauty this is! It looks like a fossil. It looks like it was constructed from tiny, most delicate pieces of ivory. It looks like a fabrication of the mind.
It's too bad that you applied the title of this novel to it. Might have been as well Dante's Inferno. or a Conrad novel.
Still, as a photo in itself it's fascinating.
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To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by Abra:
Now that is one of the more literal book title representations I̢۪ve seen. I like the way you have produced this image. The vignetting works well and I̢۪m glad you left in the colour. 7.

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by mefnj

Comment by posthumous:
epic

I'm hanging you in my fantasy gallery.

To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by posthumous:
as roadkill goes, this is magnificent. The skeleton is in some somber procession. Even the vignetting is excellent and interesting. look at the texture of the surface and the mysterious dark shapes.

I think I see the soul escaping through his forehead. 8

To Kill A Mockingbird
by mefnj

Comment by Cory:
Extraordinary.

Although this fails to deliver the racial punch the novel did, I suppose the fact that the mockingbird is noted in the novel ties this together.

Would have liked something more provocative, but this is a really nice image.

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