Shot in RAW and converted using EVU. No exposure adjustment, but very slight WB tweaking.
In PS7: Crop, levels, desaturated and colorized using saturation (colorize) feature. Then resized, USMed, and then created three gaussian blur levels at different blur intensities and different layer opacities to get a nice soft focus effect. A final USM, then border and save for web.
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Not thrilled about the frame, but does not affect your score. I like the sepia, does well here. Met the challenge dead on. There is a graininess about this shot that I like very much. 8.
I was bored with a lot of the woods pictures....a lot of people had this idea, but you do have a great shot. I like yours a lot more than other similar ones. The sepia coloring adds a nice feel.