An amazing shot! Looks like it's right out of National Geographic! Great focus and color. The lighting is very nice. It does seem like it's a little smaller than the allowable 640x480, but nothing too important seems to have been cropped off. Score upgrade from 9 to 10. Swash
I appreciate that you and the subject have a vantage point above the view below you but in terms of this image, it seems that the photographer is little higher than the subject. For that reason I am taking of a couple of points because (in my own opinion) this doesn't fit the challenge as well as many other images.
It is a lovely image, with interesting light and good composition, though a little small for my preferences.
5, Kavey
This is an excellent photo, although a bit too small. I don't think it meets the challenge, though. It was supposed to show something "from above" and this is taken straight across.