I have been recieving really excellent comments and some say possible placement even had too imagine i usually get laughed at? By my own expense of course I think i may have taken my most highest rated picture yet! This is good!
I don't have any statistics to back this up, but if you haven't broken 7 then you shouldn't get too excited. If you have then you might have a chance. Congrats on the good score either way.
It also depends on if it is a members challenge or and open challenge. The placements in the open challenges do not score as high as those in the member's challenges.
In the open challenges, the more photos, usually the easier it is to get a ribbon with a sub-7 picture. Check the last 3 open challenges, the 3rd, and sometimes 2nd place ribbons were all below 7.