Nice job on the exposure and capturing the lighting on this. Good choice of aperture selection for bg blur. Wind is evident - which is a good thing. :D Good luck in the challenge.
Meets challeng 1/1
Focus is on challenge subject 0/1
Creativity 1/3
Technical 2/2
Composition 2/2
New idea/technique 0/1
Extra/less points: none
Total: 6
Beautiful lighting! The contrast is great, and the subtlty (Sp?) of the color is great. As you can see, my voting relies heavily on creativity, which is harder said than done. It is designed to push photographers to a new level. Your photo is great, but I have seen many similar before. All it needs is that extra edge to push it even farther and make it stand out from the others.