your colors a dull/flat...you have the "sheen" that I like on the tips of your crayons and your lighting seems to be good...but I think you needed to do more curves/levels
The image meets the subject matter dead on. A sound demonstration of the creative process in meeting the challenge in a very unusual way. A couple of problems as the image could have used DOF could have been used more effectively. The foreground is much to busy and negatively impacts the overall effect. A good solid entry into the challenge.