Sean, i couldn't agree more with orlhair. You do have very good hair but thats not a fair comment. Its like 20 yrs down the road i would be thrilled to have whatever hair i have now. Having said that, it does look like there wasnt' that much of a 'wow! what a transformation! ' kind of result.
I know people always say that the thickening and maturing would continue till as late as 18mths after HT but at least for me, it did not happen. Hence i really cannot force myself to say something for the sake of saying it.
As for factors which might affect ( which Hariri wrote ), well, we will nvr know but i goto agree with him that for a 3k ish FUE procedure, i do notice that its always done in 2 days rather than 1 but i cannot label that as a reason. Anyway, like me, u will in the end get tired of speculating on the reasons and look fwd as to how to get the mane u wanted. Its tough bro, i feel for u, i have been in that same scenario albeit with much worse results and hair line