I love this! The close cropping is really interesting. The black and white is rich, bringing out all the texture of the skin, along with the nice lighting. The ear almost seems translucent. Nice shallow DOF too. A 10 from me.
This and "Within Earshot" look to be the same. Like it that you can actually see the fuss on the ear, but sickening is the fact you can see black heads in the ear and that is a great big turn off. I would give this a 1. PTL