For this challenge I'd have cropped in tighter in a vertical orientation so the pig (nearly) fills the frame -- even trimming a bit off th sides of the "platform" (try a 427x640 crop).
He's so cute. It's hard to give any comments when a photo is good. Much easier to tell what's wrong. So guess I'll just give you an 8 and say best to you. PTL
i like this concept quite a bit.. the macro side of it is very good... I think it would be stronger with the pig slightly rotated to create some more depthand possibly kill the glare on his face... I also believe that the color of the background could be a bit more appealing either being white or a darker tone... I'm not sure if this is a white balance issue or not... good work :) - setzler