Nicely done, great concept! Well framed and good use of depth of field. Capturing the refection of the bottle in calm water is a nice touch. Lighting is right and color decent. Good clarity and technical quality. This should score well and place high.
Meets the challenge well... I was certainly adrift and needed to be found. If there would have been water that flowed for any length of time I might have tried this method. :) - Steve
I think you did a wonderful job with this image AND you didn't have to resort to special post-processing tricks to get the point across. Now how did you do this without disturbing the duck in the background? ;^) Good luck in the challenge.