I guess I am new to the dpchallenge game -- I actually added noise to make it look more high-speed artistic something or other. I thought it gave it a nice feel. Well, I think I'm moving SLIGHTLY up in the rankings, so that's good. And I'm glad people liked the idea. I'll keep working on it. :-)
Although a close up, it fails to meet the notion of an unrecognizable abstract for me. Greater contrast might have also helped. Try to use the entire dynamic tonal range if you can and I think it will help.