Special thanks to mom for being the other hand. I was kinda rushed to finish this and think it could be better. Darker background, softer lighting, more emotive hand positions, damn timer mode and minutes between shots to recompose and focus, haha.
I hope people "get it", I'm not sure the connection to Even is very clear. The connection is Even odds when drawing straws, and also that their ends are even with one another.
Process for this one was basic:
Desaturation
Remove noise
Curves
Sharpen
Resize
Add border
Tada
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Thanks everyone for your comments on this. There were a lot of tough calls in producing it. I am glad it did as well as it did. Also thank you eyewave, I did not expect that and it really improved my whole day, especially since my Sepia entry is going for last place, lol. I have placed it on my profile with honor.
As there are 5 straws, shouldn't this be in the 'odd' challenge ?
Nice idea but lacking a bit of the 'Wow' factor, the tonal ranges are too similar between the hands and the curtains (and even the straws). This might have had more impact against a dark background ? Or go the whole hog and go 'High Key'.
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