Great shot very imaginative. The lighting on this makes it very persuasive that this is actualy a statue. Lots of lovely shadows. The gentle smile is remeinecent of early religious statues of the saints. There two keys that give it away as not being a statue. The first one i like. The eyelashes add an unrealistic and too lifelike depth to the "statue". The second wich I don't like is the seam in the fabric along the bottom. This is a large give away that this is not an actual statue. I also find it distracting. All around great shot. One of my top 10 picks for the challenge.
It's an interesting shot but I find my interest is on his face and so find the vast amount of shirt to be a little excessive. If getting closer or cropping tighter around the face wasnt an option then at least cropping off some of the bottom may have helped.