something's gone wrong here with either your resolution, sharpening or compression, but it doesn't look right. The colors could be much more lively and there is not much detail. I like the "fluffy" feeling on the leaves.
nice picture. i don't know if it's the photo or my monitor, but it seems a little over sharpened. lovely colors. good luck with getting by the 'everyday objects' sticklers...
Nice composition and setup, but it's really blurry and grainy looking, like the images I get from my Sony video camera on snapshot mode. Also, the rose appears very fake (to my admittedly non-flower-expert eyes) with what appears to be little threads sticking out of the flower petal tips.