Man some people just have to give ya some shitty critiques dont they?
Love the gray tone on the skin. Do you have a formula for achieving this in PS? or is it just trial and error? It looks a bout 13% - 18% gray and quite a level tonal range.
I would have rated this photo an 8 or a 9 if it weren't for the desaturation of everything but green. It's a good use of the technique, but I don't like it at all, which is what resulted in the low aesthetics score. This is a personal preference, however.
Validated? I wonder why it would have been challenged. Is that a real four-leaf clover preserved in glass? Cool. Nice crisp image. Even the chain is sharpened just rght.
Good picture, though how did you keep the clover green with basic editing? I see your picture has been validated - really interested to know how you did this. Well done.
I really like the use of desaturation in this shot. :) The only thing I possibly would have done different is to lighten and saturate the green clover to help it "pop" a little more.