Don't sweat the votes of the masses, keep producing good work like this and be happy with it. I gave it a 7, strong, crisp, clean, precise, with enough mystery to keep it from being banal. If everyone dosen't get it it means you might be on the right track. Art is not supposed to be easy.
PS I almost never give out 1,2,9,or 10, so 7 is top twenty in my book.
i gave it a 7 :)...liked it quite a bit. I think i'll start entering weirder and weirder pictures myself..just to see my average drop. Not that my average is high now. But what fun is life if we dont take chances and push the envelope of reality? Blah on all that mass appeal! teeheehee....
I like the artsy feel, but it may be a bit too closely cropped and sized. The graininess is just a bit too much, and the blown highlights unfortunatley can't be fixed in basic editing.
I find the SS a bit distracting - I think the v-shape would be a very compelling way to draw the eye down to the zipper, but the SS confuses the subject for me. But aside from that, I like it.