i don't know anything about portraiture, so i'm using your image as a guinnea pig as to what i think i would or wouldn't do in this situation, as well as what i notice and get out of your image.
i have an idea as to what you where after capturing the reflection (i tried something very similary, but it just didn't work out). i think the motion blur and soft focus take away from being able to see who you really are. i think in portraits, the elements of the image should all support the subject, and not provide unnecessary distractions. while the mouse & keyboard convey who you are, the wall & door behind most definitely distract. i think this might work from a slightly different perspective where the image isn't so evenly divided in the middle. this is certainly one to revisit. nice effort!
Composition: 5, good balanced comp for a reflection shot
Technical: 5
Appeal: 4, glowing red under mouse feels a little distracting
Challenge: 7
Overall Calculated Average Score: 5
I like the reflection and composition, Just wish the background could have been clear, the window there is a little distracting and the picture is a little blurry but maybe thats what you were after - 6
unsharp, almost blurry. The microsoft mouse is distracting my eyes. Color wise, that green with that harsh red makes me wanna turn off my monitor :) I see you obviously didn't spend 3min setting up this shot, I guess you surfed by dpc and saw the challenge, and just pressed the shutter and uploaded the image to submit, am I right? 3
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