I love the feeling this shots conveys. For me at least it is a very effective shot. I personally really like both the sky and the sun peaking out of the boys pocket. I'm guessing you were at the wide end of your lens - very nice.
This would have got a 7 or 8 from me. Why not a 10? I'm not a huge fan of the central subject and the large swath of negative space below the kids. So a different composition would have won me over. Would that have increased your overall vote? Hard to say - take a look at your comments peopel are divided on whether or not they like your placing of the sun.
I hope my comments help and Good Luck in future Challenges!
Very nice photo. Nice textures(sky,clouds,water and black forground) A little less sun and the kids a little further apart.(so you can see a more distinct holding of hands)
I can barely see the color of the girl's shirt, but I still can. It does meet challenge, but that's going to take a point off or so. I love the color of the clouds, and the ocean is nice and level. The placement of the sun is great. I like the placement of the objects; very good. It gets a little dark on the top of the image, though. I don't think I like that... of course, this was a basic editing one, so you couldn't burn that section...