Very little post processing carried out on the image. Tried to lighten the path into the entrance while a touch of darkening around it to make it a bit more forbidding.
i think the little branches in front of the cave entrance detract from it, they create a sense of distance and a barrier between the viewer and the cave.
i think the brightened path would be more of an attractant than forbidding… but that might just be me…
perhaps a black and white would be more effective? it often has a more eerie feel than color…