great photo - great composition - At first I almost dismissed this photo. I am real glad I did a double take. Completely different than anything else I have seen so far. 9.
Okay, I love the grain! I know others might hate it (and if it's not what you were going for the higher kb size would have helped) but I think it works very well for this shot. It kind of goes with the depth of focus and makes this feel very "artsy" (for lack of a better word). I might have prefered a bit of a tighter crop on the right side.
I'm only a quarter of the way through voting, but I predict good things for this photograph.
the depth of field along with the unusual point of view AND the HDR makes this a ribbon contender.
Although I have been wrong in my predictions before :-)