Gave it a '7' because it meets the challange and it was a well taken photo - subject in good focus with background blur. I give the highest rating to photos I would consider hanging on my wall, maybe this is a tough challenge for that criteria.
I am not considering the title to the challenge and judging images on how well images meet the challenge description visually....
Meets challenge description challange.........3
Artistic...........5
Technical...........4 I feel the image would have been so much better if the lighting and exposure were better.
Average.....4