I love this effect, and I'm proud of you for posting it to this tough crowd. I think sometimes we forget that just because a lot of us know techniques, the people who come here looking for quality desktops do so because they don't have the skills, time or equipment to turn out quality images like this.
We don’t make art to show someone what something looks like. All this requires is eyes (or a lens). Art is supposed to have meaning, emotion, power, or magic. Alan & Mario "FourThirds"
Ann