This should have scored much higher. There is something about DPC voters in that they tend to score down anything that look home made, if you know what I mean.
I gave you an 8 on this I thought it was lovely and still do. I am often surprized and the scores some shots get and this one totally floored me, its beautiful.
I admit I'm not very good with lighting, but it looks like the fill flash is too bright - the girl is a bit washed out and the shadow on the grass is pretty bad. It's a lovely background (if a bit tilted) and a nice snapshot for the family album.
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning.