Personally I think this should have scored much higher. It was a very well presented image. Don't get discouraged you are submitting some very nice photos.
Great subject. Shows good composition nice contrast and I really like the lighting. Fire works well but would have liked to see the area below the fire as black rather than (ston?) Also the grey things in upper left hand corner Overall a great shot and I say "9"
I like the lighting of this. The movement of the hammer coming down is well achieved. Although I see that the fire is an integral part, I find it distracting as it is the bright part of the shot and I think we should be focusing on the guy. Maybe shoot from a different angle with the fire out of focus and more behind him, so we still know it's there, but zoom in on him more. Just a suggestion. Good luck.