I took this in October, close to Halloween - maybe that’s why I thought of beings of the Underworld 
I came up with my version ([Capture Challenge] Charge your battery and take some photos - #2528 by kofa) after a long consideration – I was just unable to find a crop that worked really well. Let’s see what you make of it.
This is the camera’s preview (shot at night):
2024-10-27-18-25-20-P1060022.RW2 (10.6 MB)
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RT 5.11
(edit: I removed my first version, I like this one a lot better.)
I tried the perspective shift and mostly made adjustments in the color balance eq. Outside of that it was just going through the scene referred modules and adjusting to try to get the staircase to “pop” without looking more unnatural than I already made the scene on my monitor. Also added grain because I thought it needed it for ambiance.
Edited in dt 4.4.2
2024-10-27-18-25-20-P1060022.RW2.xmp (17.8 KB)
Well I decided if I couldn’t beat the noise I would just embrace it. A very heavy handed grain module used here.
