Futuristic Botanical Garden - Final

My final entry for Illustration of the Week 6. I expected to do really poorly against the other people (there were only 3 entries this week and one was clearly more professional) but at this point I seem to be in the lead, which is a nice change.

I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with the lighting but I've got James Gurney's book (Color and Light) coming in the mail next week and I'm really looking forward to putting it to good use. And I think I've definitely improved since I started entering in the CHOW competitions three years ago.