Wow, thank you for all the votes and comments -- my score went from 5.9 to 6.5 over the last few days. I love reading about score jumps like that but it never happened to my submissions (until now). Thank you!!
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Really nicely processed, the focus on the left eye is good, and I like the high key skin. Not sure about the out of focus right eye though, I may prefer this in a tighter crop showing just the one eye. Either way, great photo. 8
Nice shot, though I think it would have been nicer to maintain some of the skin tones rather than go for the B&W. The ribbon is well positioned in the eye, but the large white area "behind" it in the reflection detracts from it.