Shot using natural light, tried to use the high contrast to my advantage...
Editing: Sharpening, cropping, straightening, cloning some distracting bits, levels, brightness and contrast.
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Place: 19 out of 78 Avg (all users): 5.7619 Avg (commenters): 7.1250 Avg (participants): 5.8182 Avg (non-participants): 5.7361 Views since voting: 672 Views during voting: 230 Votes: 105 Comments: 11 Favorites: 0
Nice finish but should have been way higher. I did not vote this challenge but wanted to tell you this is a real eye-catcher. I think you were quite successful, both in meeting the challenge and in your high contrast image itself.
Q: Can, he, get, so-me, sat-is-fact-ion?
A: He, tried, and he tried, and he tried, and he tried but he can't get no, doot, do, do , no, no ,no...
I have this at 7 but would have been an 8 or better IMHO had you made it a shade less silhouetted. the subject fills so much of the frame and without a little more detail draws my eyes to the bkg