Deb - salt is a very touch subject for photography - especially without very well controlled light and a good macro lens. Salt itself is very cool - it looks like little grains but is not uniform or cubic like you think. If you were to use a significant magnification (reverse lens mount or higher power macro lens) you would be on to something.
Salt is a rather plain target for a shot and the technicals (lighting, color, focus, composition, etc) all have to be outstanding to really come off.
Things I noticed:
1. The noise problems that others have commented on really impacted the score. The image appears muddy throughout
2. Your image has a very shallow DOF that made the image appear very muddy and the area in-focus was not extremely sharp. By shooting at the low angle, you have added to the shallowness of the DOF.
3. The composition really does not draw me in - there are no specific lines to pull the eye. By taking the salt an manipulating it so it forms a specific shape may have helped - say an s-Curve where the in focus salt is right in the foreground and the "S" leads your eye away
I hope this stuff helps!
Peter
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