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.”