Was this worth the effor?

[AntZ]

I had to work on this pretty hard to make it in to anything at all. I'm not sure if it was worth the effort.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtb_antz/3202656009/

To complete the story, I have attached what I started with. The composition was pretty much what I had in mind, but the tones etc ended up pretty uninspiring. So any thoughts on what I could have done at capture to achieve something better. Likewise for post.