It's really unfortunate that a lot of photographers don't bother to fill in the "Photographer's Comments" section when they submit a photo to a challenge... especially when they check the box to request an in-depth critique. I have stopped offering in-depth critique on photos when the photographer chooses not to include his/her own thoughts on the image when they submit it... You might want to consider this in the future.
There's something blurry at the bottom that is very distracting. I would try this on a square crop and completely eliminate the clutter at the bottom. The pic is also a bit overexposed. I would turn the shutter speed up a notch or try to fix it with some contrast and increased saturation.
Had you shot this at sunrise- or sunset-time, bumped up the contrast, moved [or zoomed] in a bit closer, or cropped out the distracting white wood stuff and OOF foliage below, this would've gotten a ten from me.
Yours was such a kickass subject and would've been a kickass photo, IMO.
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