Hi, Critique Club here...
I have to congratulate you for taking chances. Unfortunately, when you crawl out on a limb, sometimes it breaks. I think this one broke.
I think it scored low for a number of reasons.
1) People don't know what it is. If this were an abstract challenge, people would expect that but in these types of challenges it's mostly eye candy that scores well.
2) I pulled it in to Photoshop and it's a couple stops underexposed. That gives it a sort of muddy appearance.
3) The dark edge in the upper right is a bit of a distraction. I think you could have cropped it out and still maintained your rule of thirds as you did with this composition.
I hope this is somewhat helpful. Good luck in your next challenge. |