was this selective desat? or did you actually have that many different shades of gray? either way I think this is a good picture. Could have been sharper though.
The image meets the subject matter dead on. A sound demonstration of the creative process in meeting the challenge in a very unusual way. The DOF could have been used more effectively, but is acceptable as it is. Once again, a clever use of grayscale and color. A good solid entry into the challenge.
viewed this on both a pc and a mac monitor- looks better on the mac- the added brightness of the default mac display really works well with the image- not sure what you were doing your edits on- if its a mac take into consideration that you may need to brighten your images for the majority of displays... great shot.