The Image: I had this picture in my mind's eye. I really wanted a different border, but that would have been illegal. I had a sandstone tile in the driveway that I bought inside and I used window light and a reflector. I really like the texture of the tile. Hand held, 50mm lens.
The Edit: Selected and saturated the key, desaturated and tinted the background, USM, contrast, dodge and burn, layers for increasing contrast...not in that order as I work intuitively.
The Prediction: I reckon this might bomb or do well...not sure these days :)
Post Challenge: A little disappointed, but there were some great images in the top 10-20
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In the winter time, when deep snow lay on the ground, a poor boy was forced to go out on a sledge to fetch wood. When he had gathered it together, and packed it, he wished, as he was so frozen with cold, not to go home at once, but to light a fire and warm himself a little. So he scraped away the snow, and as he was thus clearing the ground, he found a tiny golden key. Hereupon he thought that where the key was, the lock must be also, and dug in the ground and found an iron chest. If the key does but fit it! thought he; no doubt there are precious things in that little box. He searched, but no keyhole was there. At last he discovered one, but so small that it was hardly visible. He tried it, and the key fitted it exactly. Then he turned it once round, and now we must wait until he has quite unlocked it and opened the lid, and then we shall learn what wonderful things were lying in that box.
--The End--
I Like the simplicity of the photo to the story, well done...
Singles in well on the subject matter and fits the challenge well, but the grain is quite high (I'm sure purposely done for effect) and personally, I find it rather distracting
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