the bright parts of this image are beautiful, and i like the grass filling out the bottom right. I wish there were more visible detail in the shadows. if you use photoshop, try this-
hit ctrl - alt - ~ (tilde) to select highlights
invert the selection
ctrl - j to duplicate selection to new layer
set layer blending to screen
... and adjust from there. if you do any re-edits post-challenge, I'd love to see them!
The dark shadow in front of them spoils this shot, it draws you eye into the black hole. If you were close enough a bit of fill flash would maybe have brought a bit more detail out in that area and made their black faces stand out a bit better?
Very good photo, but didn't feel it was in the spirit of the challenge. Felt like it would be unfare to others to give the score it probably deserved IMO.