In order for a gratuitous photo such as this to score highly from me, it would need to be strong in photographic terms - to be able to stand alone as a photograph outside of it's subject matter. I am afraid that I do not see much evidence of photographic skill being used in this capture, and am grading accoringly.
I did not give this a high score and I want to explain why. I find that the background is not good - the lines just cut through visually what I want to focus on. The image quality seems a bit pixelated and the subject does not seem in focus as much as I feel it should be. Basically with the subject matter being what it is, it needs a good artistic treatment to be visually appealing as a photo and I do not find that here.
What prevented you from getting down on your belly and shooting something drastic and dramatic? A shot into the face with the blood spilling into the foreground for instance. I don't know wher eyou live, but in 33 years I've not once seen a dead cat laying on the street like this. So this is a) something unusual, b) something that anyone with a functioning eye can see meets the challenge and c) could make for a shocking, dramatic photo. Unfortunately what's come of it is someone walking up, pointing the camera down, and taking a snapshot. If you thought this was worth taking a picture of, you should consider what it is about this that makes it worthy and then do your best to capture that and present it to the voters/viewers.
Sorry for preaching. There's a ton of garbage entries in this challenge so seeing something that had so much promise given the tourist treatment just got me yapping.
damn that is brutal - the red and black are ? well they contrast - I will give you credit for posting this as brutal as it is and as many cat lovers are on this site my guess is this won't do too well,... good luck.
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