Hi Jake, certainly not so overexposed as to be painful to view and I expect the brightness is where you want it to be (eg the face of the person). The image is interesting and requires the viewer to think and interpret. The lines of the timbers and the side boards lead to the point of interest, combined with an unusual and voyeuristic perspective. There are perhaps a few spots(dust?)in the dark areas to clone out. Too bad (for me) you picked my Frosty image to make a point about inflated ratings on this site! No doubt you are right and no doubt equally the ratings game is pretty harmless, it's the words that count and you didn't say much about the image, so not much help to me either, sir!