October's Child

O is for October’s child…
Born for woe,
And life’s vicissitudes must know,
But lay an opal on her breast,
And hope will lull those woes to rest.

- from the Gregorian calendar of birthstones

The faces (there are about 60) are from various photos, mostly of my daughter, born in my favorite month of October. They were blended in with layer blend effects in Photoshop so that the textures of the leaves look like they’re following the contours of the faces. Basic picture is a forest floor in autumn.
Foret de Soignes, near Brussels, Belgium.

All portraits and background shot on film with Canon EOS 100 + various lenses, scanned to digital on a Canon FS 2710 film scanner.