I might have tried to strenthen it in two ways. I think that the reflection off of the vase is distracting. If I had thought of it, I might have pulled the drapes closed or in post production cloned it out.
The socond improvement that crosses my mind is that the blueish tint to the white background melts a little of the excitement. A glossy white background might just make your subject jump from the page. I might have tried white balance in camera, or in post production painted it.
Most definitely not. Kinda looks like dreadlocks to me. :P This photo screams unrelatedness so congrats there. The technicals are ok but lacks anything special or unique.
What a clever idea! THat IS spaghetti, right?
I wonder if using a color other than red (or perhaps even several others) would have paired up even nicer with the red vase. Perhaps not.......
The white balance doesn't look quite right.