I found a dozen of these funky"Magic" baby dolls in Rite Aid and tossed them on an IKEA cutting board in front of a window. I used a sheet of laser paper for the background and some aluminum foil for fill. A nice, slow shutter for a high f/stop. After a few hundred captures, I found this one with the "coy" baby doll in the back right. It felt a little like an old Twilight Zone.
Photoshop - Tons of layers of cloning and healing fixes to remove all the stray hair, a couple of curves changes, a tweak of unsharp mask.
I took a beating for thinking way outside of the box here, but thanks to those of you who thought this did meet the challenge. They are human baby dolls after all...
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Terrifying dolls! I think you've managed to capture a surprising amount of emotion in a static, literally 'plastic' subject - they look like they're up to something...
creepy. I'm assuming you will get a lot of DNMCs since you are not focusing on a body part. Other than that I think it was a success in that it caught my attention and is creepy but I think more dramatic lighting would have helped a lot.
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