Nice to see you entered what you liked, even though you expected it to end up in mediocre-land. It got a 7 from me, however. Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:
Positives: I always like to see Lensbaby images in the FS. I like the way the light illuminates the steps and the sense of movement you have captured.
Critical stuff: If I'm honest, I'm not sure there's enough intrinsic interest in the scene for it to be a compelling image.
Overall: Quite nicely done but it isn't an image that appeals to me.