My sincere thanks to everyone who assisted me with 'Happy' in Critique.

Qolweni developed as an informal settlement (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanty_town) over the last 15 or so years, and is at present undergoing redevelopment, where the informal and squatter housing is being replaced by low cost RDP houses. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_and_Development_Programme)

This image was taken at the house of Asher, someone that I befriended recently, and who introduced me to this community. This room functions as his shop, from which he sells some DVD's, video's and mainly vegetables. The customers buy their goods through the serving hatch, which is the light area on the right. This photograph was not planned - I happen to see them in this arrangement when I walked up to this window, and tried to capture this before they could loose their spontaneity.

The main suggestions that came from the Critique was to lighten the inside of the room and to loose a bit of light from that bright serving hatch, which I did. I retained the original crop, but also tried to put a bit more separation between the children. I personally feel that this reworked image delivers better environmental value than the original, mainly because there is more visible in the background now.