First Impression - the most important one: Nice, good focus, great portrait work.
Composition: Good composition, it doesn't rellay play too heavy of the notice you used for the title, and that may have confused the voters ... who are often confused :)
Subject: Defiantely meets off centred, both for the bloke and the signage.
Technical (Colour and light): I like the lighting here, would have liked to know what you actually used ... but probably daylight in the majority with a fill flash ... oh well :)
To grow its vote?: You have found an interesting character - again. It is nicely off centred, I don't know why it did not do better, the grittiness of the colours and the reality of the picture may have counted against it this time.
Summary: I like this shot, it is good for the portfolio, even if not the highest scoring. But this game ain't only about ribbons really.
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gave you a 7 - surprised this didn't score higher -
the composition reminded me some of DrAchoo's Tribute entry. I thought the use of image space was good