If you request a critique from the critique club, you should always fill out your 'Photographer's Comments' field when you submit your photo. When you don't include your own thoughts on the image, you can't really expect someone else to give their time and effort to give you a critique. It makes me think that you don't care enough about your own photo to take the time to post your thoughts on it...
This photo meets the challenge but I still fail to find something particularly special about it to make it stand out. It looks like the sun may have been too bright to create an image with a little less contrast. I more confined view of your subject may have also created less clutter in the background...