Your post-processing makes this one difficult to look at. Everything ended up too soft, thus making it all look out of focus. I think I'd rather see all the color in the frame, though your use of selective color is nicely done. It looks natural outside the obvious lack of color in the background. I do feel that you met the spirit of the challenge, but this one just doesn't fit my taste in images. I'd like to see a bit sharper focus.
...the processing here and the background and the composition is really messy. I take it you used Neat Image and that puts a soft romantic glow around a gritty subject...it just doesn't work for me...sorry mate :-(