PPOC Competition

In April here there is going to be a national competition for Student photographers that's going to be held in Quebec. At my school, the instructors wanted to do a "mock" Judging where they bring in three local professional photographers to judge our student entries and we would receive a mark based on how well we did. The marks were: Not accepted - 65% Accepted - 75% Merit - 85% and Excellence - 95% and they would take the highest mark you get for your images. I entered four images and to my surprise and delight received two Merit images! The other two were not accepted, but I like to focus on the Merit ;) Anyways, I though I would show the two merit images! Here they are:
The first image here was apparently bordering excellence, they just didn't like the hair light very much!

And this one received a solid merit!Now I'm hoping for similar results at the National judging! I would love to have national recognition for my photos! I'll keep you all updated :)

Kari