With the hand coming from the camera's direction, this appears to be "selfie"... and those lend an air of "cellphone-not-professional-shot" to an image. I think that's probably hurting your votes.
I hate it when I don't have another person to help me so I don't have to do this... so I usually set the timer on my camera and then pose as if I weren't the photographer.
But, that's just one opinion. :D
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