Hi- OK I'm going to keep it real here and straight to the point. I think you had a good Idea even though statues don't seem to go over well here. If your subject would of been in proper focus and minimal noise along with better border placement you would of pulled it off.
When taking this kind of shot the focus is going to have to be spot on and your going to have to eliminate most or all noise making a clean shot. I like the lighting and the warmth. I believe a border was need on this photograph but yours is off set (not even) and I think its placement would of been better around the edges of your photograph.
Overall a good shot that could of been benefited with a lower ISO and more post processing. Keep up the good work and wish you well in future challenges.
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this shot seems grainy and the grain doesn't really work well for it. try to use a lower iso and a tripod since this is a still life shot anyway. also, i dont like the border.
Typically statue shots do not really fair well here. I'm not sure why others dont care for them, but for me they just lack emotiveness in the majority of images. The focus seesm soft here - would have liked to see the details sharper.