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:iconcazcastalla:
This is my entry for the Staircase Incident challenge at :iconcreatebyweek:

This is a true story:
Many years ago I was working as a chambermaid in a Scottish country house hotel. We had to wear the old Victorian-style uniforms - which were extremely uncomfortable and didn't 'move with you' - so you started out the day looking quite smart, but finished up with everything where it shouldn't be!
We had it drummed into us that no matter how far up/down the stairs you were, if a guest was going the other way you had to go back to allow them to continue - NEVER, EVER pass on the stairs.
On this particular day I was going up the stairs and a guest was coming down - I was more than half way up, but turned around and went back down to allow the guest to continue - she wished me 'good morning' as I turned.
I got to the bottom, turned around to see there was no-one there.
Now.... do I believe in ghosts? Well... I am still undecided. I have to question - Was I over-tired? Definitely, I was working 14 hours a day, 6 days a week - of course I was over-tired!
Was my imagination running away with me? Possibly - although it was not a shadow of a person I saw... it looked like a real person - although not dressed as most guests and I have to say that didn't occur to me until later... so maybe it was my imagination and maybe not - I will never know!

Stock used:
Background from :iconzhaana: [link] (Required stock)
Maid from :iconmjranum-stock: [link]
Model/White dress from :iconfetishfaerie-stock: [link]
Texture from :iconbrixstock: [link]
Broom from :iconindeed-stock: [link]
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*Stroody Apr 12, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Me gusta :)
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*cazcastalla Apr 12, 2011
Muchas gracias :huggle:
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*da-joint-stock Apr 11, 2011  Student General Artist
Very well done!!

Everything in this picture fits perfectly! Even the green energy swirls.

The only thing that looks out of place is a wall-section on the right side/ t looks like there should be a floor-section there but there isn't. Besides that this looks amazing!

Fabulous work!
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*cazcastalla Apr 11, 2011
I didn't even notice that wall section - it is in the original stock image - not quite sure what it is or why it's there :rofl:

Thanks for the lovely comment :huggle:
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*da-joint-stock Apr 12, 2011  Student General Artist
So it is! If I had to guess I'd say its a slanted brick. It just draws a lot of attention. Things that are hard to figure out tend to draw more attention than things that are simple and well-exposed - that's why removing image imperfections makes things easier to look at. Human psycology does weird things...:lol:
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*cazcastalla Apr 12, 2011
Oh... I think it's a step looking at it again - maybe there's a doorway or just a little inset part in there - it's a bit of a strange construction in that part, or maybe the camera angle just makes it look strange - it's a mystery... and I love a good mystery :rofl:
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*da-joint-stock Apr 13, 2011  Student General Artist
That's quite possible:nod: Oh a title! "The mystery of...the step!...?" LOL :giggle::D
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~ritaflowers Mar 19, 2011
great work my friend!
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~digimagicnb Feb 28, 2011
Lovely, and the story behind the image makes it very interesting too :)
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*cazcastalla Mar 1, 2011
It was certainly a weird experience and stayed on my mind for many months - strangely the inspiration of that incident didn't occur to me immediately I saw this challenge :shrug:

Thanks for the comment and the fave :hug:
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