Congratulations on a great shot, this was my favorite in the challenge and I'm surprised it didn't finish higher, not that it takes away from your effort or your picture. Hard to fathom DPC sometimes, :)
There is so much wonderful stuff going on this shot! Lighting, grain and toning are all perfect and provide the perfect mood to suit the title and subject. Very erie. - 9
In such a smooth, almost rendered feeling image, a couple of little detail really bug my eye - the scoop or whatever below the nose, and the highlight on the left ear - particularly against the black background. The bottom left, the body of the mannequin, also makes the image too busy, in what might have been the more effective for being a simple as possible. The sense of grain suits absolutely though - adding a subtlety of texture to what might otherwise have been simply too smooth, too plastic an image.
It's perhaps the two lightsources that actually upset the purity of this composition. So simple that any extra confusion makes for unneccesary feeling of addition.
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