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gyabanComment by KristinaG: Gyaban, you mentioned in the thread that you were surprised at how low this is scoring. Here are my thoughts on possibilities why:
All of the technicals are perfect, as all of your images are. I would say that for this challenge, they might be too perfect. People voting don't really want to see exquisite lighting and focus. While these aspects are allowed, they should be the means to an end. While you are clearly trying to convey a point or raise questions in the viewer, ultimately the main subject of this picture ends up being the perfect studio set up, even if you didn't intend it.
Ultimately, I believe it is your background that lets you down. Its too "studio" and makes the image appear contrived, forced into fine art bounds so to say. I believe people might be lowballing you for it. Having her lie on grass or sand, or possibly standing by a brick wall, would have made this image more natural and I believe it would have scored higher. Even a plain black background would have been better.
Thats just my opinion of why I think you are being disappointed by the score of this image. I personally am giving you a 6. I value the attempt that was made at making me think about social networking, and it is of course well photographed. As I have mentioned, this is too technically perfect for me. It becomes almost clinical, and makes it almost impossible to make an emotional connection with it. This is a picture I could study at length to figure it out, but I wouldn't feel anything.
I hope you find this comment helpful and I certainly hope I haven't offended you. I am about 90% sure this is your image, and if not...ummmm, ooops! *runs away and hides*
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