I gave this a 6 for the capture of such a quirky subject, unfortunately, I felt the lighting let it down a bit. Looks like you may have been using onboard flash. I try to avoid that at all costs. I wonder what this would have looked like with ambient light and a long exposure?
I may just have to come out to Marshall sometime for a photo outing.
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: An intriguing setup to be sure and your post-processing is a good match for the image - the trouser filling looks pretty authentic too.
Critical stuff: I'm having a hard job to discern how much of the merit in this image in photographic - though I'm not sure that matters too much.
Overall: An original image with plenty of niche appeal.