Greetings from the Critique Club!
First impression: Very reminescent of a nude I shot some years ago, so definitely evoked some fond memories! Though, if memory serves, that entry didn't do very well either. Nudes can be either reminescent or porn, if poorly done, or of erotica, which is tasteful, and into that category is where I would put this. What I am having trouble seeing if the correlation to science, which probably accounts for your low score.
Artistic: I like the use of the hands to protect and conceal, but there seems to be some chromatic aberration (ie purple fringing) between the fingers of the right hand. Like the tilt of the torso to add dynamism to what could otherwise be a fairly static shot. The hands look almost a little large for a woman, but I am guessing that you may have shot at a slightly downward angle.
Technical: Definitely like the composition, the tilt of the torso adds interest to the shot. Great DOF, brings out all the details, and your lighting is controlled enough that there are no glarey areas. A minor nitpick: I can see you can't have cropped out the area in question without hurting your comp, but as this was an Advanced challenge you could have cloned out that teeny bit of bg visible over her shoulder.
Overall: Your title is Reshaped, but it's hard to see. A missing breast altogether, concealed by a hand, would tell an entirely different story. I can't quite see enough to notice a scar left by breast augmentation. I think this image may have done better in b/w. Using blue on nudes just doesn't seem to work unless you're going for a moonlit shot, and as mentioned by mariuca, seems to give it a bit of a corpselike feel.
Feel free to PM me with any questions.
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