This is great. It reminds me of the kind of photographic studies Victorian photographers might have done back in the 1870's (or maybe that's just the silver gelatin...).
I thought this was a great photo!! Love the 'old' texture feeling to it.
Went through and read the comments....Shannon said it best :)
I knew when I saw it the mouse was dead....but it was more of a "ooohhh...poor thing"....instead of a usual "yuck!"...which IMO means you did it right! :)
What an interesting picture. Makes me wonder how you came to see this. The sepia tone works very well. Almost looks like a drawing in a classic children's book.
This defies every principle we hold dear... it's grainy, the subject is unappealing, the scene is kinda' cluttered... and it's beautiful. A wonderful example of artistic photography that draws you in with an elegant composition and a "peaceful' ending. I particularly like that the mouse seems to be holding the leaf like a flower, and the title is almost poetic. One of the best in this challenge IMO. Great job!
EDIT- it appears that I made a scoring error and gave this something less than a 10 on the first pass. I've corrected the problem. ;-)
I like the muted tones you chose on this photo and the composition is great. IMHO, the leaf covering its eyes seem to take just a tad away from the impact.
I never imagined I'd say this about a picture of a dead mouse, but this is very good! Maybe it's because the deceased has his eyes covered by a leaf, but there something touching and very nearly human about it. I was thinking that you should have used more contrast, but on second thought your presumably deliberately flat & lifeless processing of it is pretty appropriate! 8
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