WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you because this was severely underappreciated work!
Well, thanks! Your comments really cheered me up considering the very low score this got from the voters. I guess that the problem had to do mostly with what some saw as noise.
Actually this was a very difficult shot to do with basic editing because of the huge number of stops between the indoor and outdoor parts of the scene. I underexposed the indoor part to get at least some detail in the outdoor part and then used Topaz Adjust which brought back many of the interesting reflections in the horse but also gave the concrete a gritty look which I think some mistook for noise.
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