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Place: 46 out of 109 Avg (all users): 5.7069 Avg (commenters): 7.0000 Avg (participants): 5.6786 Avg (non-participants): 5.7203 Views since voting: 927 Views during voting: 304 Votes: 174 Comments: 2 Favorites: 0
I think you did a great job conveying the message here, and you might very well have gotten some low votes because of it.
I like the choice of the diagonal composition. I think the texture of the hand is a bit strong, it jumped out at me. I'm not a fan of the foreground blur, I wish the full hand was in focus. Given the choice, I would rather have seen the nails out of focus. Speaking of which, they aren't very believable - larger ones or better yet, spikes, would have helped sell the image.
If I had voted in this challenge, I would have given this a 6 because I thought it met the challenge very well.
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