I must've been in a bad mood the day I scored you. I should've given you a higher score. Great example of high contrast.
I stumbled upon this in search of images from the Canon 135 soft focus lens. Everything I am encountering shows a sharp lens, maybe well worth the $265 price I've found.
I scored this one a 7. Thought at the time you might pay for the artistic style of the portrait and it looks as though you did :(
Would like to see the eyeglass on right completely separate from the background. Really like the detail you kept in the face. You and your model communicate sense of cheer and joy.
For me, this is too washed out and not enough dark for "high contrast" compared to other entries in this challenge. Nice profile portrait composition though.