A composition works by piling up many layers of information with a common goal in mind. Usually many of these layers are invisible and artistic choices looks arbitrary but have a logic beneath (sometimes).
Above some of the main problems I encountered and how were resolved for this particular image.
Composition wise, this was probably one of the most challenging images I have ever made. The scene is supposed to be shot from a camera on the machine... and that set up many things against a good composition that had to be resolved lol.
In the end I liked the result and it was fun trying to solve these problems (while being blocked at times by some of them).