First experience playing with light in a long exposure, please don't judge me too harshly.
I had fun doing this and i learned a lot and i don't care about the score as much as my progression with this technique over the hour or so that i spent reshooting these cards in 30 second intervals with a light source.
Technically:
shot raw
highlight recovery: white
resize
high pass sharpen (hard light)
add border
save/upload
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I like these kind of imaginative takes on challenges. Pretty clever. One complaint is what I assume is the glue holing the cards in place. The eye goes to that immediately and it distracts from the overall impact of the image.