8 - This is a slightly 'contradictory' type image, in my opinion and took me a while to form an opinion on it. The lighting is very nice and the moment capture very good. The unusual combination of elements (bubbles, young male, little 'beard/goatee', etc) make this original. The main things that detracted (but very minor) were the barely discernible 'dirt under fingernails' (but again, the contradiction) and the slight grain/something, especially at the bottom middle to right, in the darker areas. edit:to add comments
Nice concept. Processing is overdone. Dodged out all details from the top of the fingers. Burned the bottom of the chin almost into the background. Neck is also burned a bit much making this look like a floating head. Slightly different angle would also have prevented the eyelashes of his right eye from appearing as a tuft of hair on the nose. Bit of haloing visible along the ridge of the nose and the outline of the hand. Overall, nice shot. No doubt it will score extremely well.
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